alt Hacker NewsReally 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!
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!
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...