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TIL phosphorous was discovered by a 17th century alchemist trying to turn base metals into gold by boiling hundreds of gallons of urine

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gBZ7 TIL An elephant takes the same amount of time to pee as a cat. Most mammals in fact, regardless of size take 21 seconds to urinate.
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