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Ah yes, farting is very funny.
The oldest joke we have a record of as a species is a fart joke. This is my favorite factoid of all time, maybe ever.
Would you say: since time immemorial?
One could, yes.
Fun fact: Norman Mailer coined the word factoid in 1973. He wrote:
In other words, a factoid is a clickbait "alternative" fact.
Interesting. I always took the term to indicate a single fact in isolation, in contrast to major dates or things that could be considered part of a curriculum.