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▲Lant – The Forgotten Resource (sites.udel.edu)
silverFork 5 days ago [-]
Really interesting article. I had no idea that they aged urine and that they used it as nitrogen to make gun powder for centuries! bacteria would convert urine to nitrites!
noufalibrahim 2 days ago [-]
I didn't know that either. However, it did remind me of a scene in McCarthy's Blood Meridian where the process of manufacturing gunpowder is described. https://literature.stackexchange.com/questions/24314/does-bl...
j4k0bfr 2 days ago [-]
> Surprisingly, I haven’t found a solid answer.

God, what a good pun.

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