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Lowk enfatuating book that I have been assigned to read for Gregg Sanford’s class on Plant Nutrition Management. Dan Egan writes with an incredibly captivating narrative style. A beautiful saga about boiling his relative’s urine♥️
“Some thought the magical substance could be derived from mercury or antimony or sulfur. Others sought to divine it from blood, hair, and even eggs. Brandt was a urine man.”
— Jan 28, 2026 08:45PM
“Some thought the magical substance could be derived from mercury or antimony or sulfur. Others sought to divine it from blood, hair, and even eggs. Brandt was a urine man.”
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Quite good still. Very solid through-lines of war and exploitation going on historically for phosphorus.
— Feb 19, 2026 10:03PM
