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Wednesday, April 31, 2013

It's nothing to be embarrassed about. We all urinate. In fact, urine has been used for centuries for everything from medicine to industry to agriculture. So let's look at some amazing urine facts.



Today's Random Fact:

Urine was used to make gunpowder during the Civil War. The southern army even put ads in the newspapers asking Southern ladies to save their urine and that wagons with barrels would be sent "around to gather up the lotion."

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Bonus Fact:

One kidney could handle the task of filtering the blood and making urine perfectly well. In fact, if one kidney is removed, the remaining kidney can increase in size by 50 percent within two months to take over the whole job.