Offbeat History: Hennig Brand and the Discovery of Phosphorus
Stuff You Missed in History Class
March 19, 202029m 44s
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Show Notes
It's a 2019 show about urine! Spoiler alert: Hennig Brand discovered phosphorous by boiling pee. But he was trying to do something else: He thought the secret to the philosopher’s stone might be found in urine.
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