Eli5: after having a number 2 the toilet will stink. In the morning it doesn’t stink anymore. Where does the stink go?

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Eli5: after having a number 2 the toilet will stink. In the morning it doesn’t stink anymore. Where does the stink go?

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As said, you’re smelling the gases/initial smell of the poo as it’s leaving your booty.

If you look at the designs of toilets, they’re designed so that water is sitting in the bottom portion all the time so that the smells from the pipes/sewage don’t come into your home. So once a poo is underneath the water the smell will no longer come from there.

Kinda like cutting an onion under water prevents the fumes coming up and irritating your eyes.

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