# feces

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feces/4865
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [November 21, 1999, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feces/4865 "1999-11-21T15:07:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
**Page:** 1

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### Author: ![galen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecc23a/32.png) [@galen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen)
#### Post date: [November 21, 1999, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feces/4865/1 "1999-11-21T15:07:00Z")

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Why are feces brown?

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### Author: ![Gilligan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Gilligan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gilligan)
#### Post date: [November 21, 1999, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feces/4865/2 "1999-11-21T16:20:00Z")

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Cecil’s answer:  
[www.straightdope.com/classics/a2\_381.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_381.html)

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### Author: ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)
#### Post date: [November 22, 1999, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feces/4865/3 "1999-11-22T06:07:00Z")

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Ask Billy Rubin