• Shiggles@sh.itjust.works
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    10 months ago

    Ammonia from fermented urine was commonly used for washing thousands of years ago. I can’t imagine he smelled much worse than anyone else processing the stuff.

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      10 months ago

      But don’t underestimate that added step of boiling it, until he was left with only a powder extract. Heat will amplify the smell and make the gases expand.