[–] silverFork 16d 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 13d 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...
[–] noufalibrahim 13d 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...
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[ 1.5 ms ] story [ 21.5 ms ] threadGod, what a good pun.