Stomach rumbling has a scientific name, borborygmus, and it does not only happen when we are hungry.
Why it is true
The sound comes from gas and fluid being pushed along by contractions of the gut. It is louder on an empty stomach because there is no food to muffle it and because, between meals, the gut sends cleaning waves roughly every hour and a half.
Source: Cleveland Clinic
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