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Is urine the cause of redness of eyes (in swimming pools)?
Yes, it is to a large extent.
This paper by Lian et al. explores the formation of volatile chlorinated compounds that are formed from reactions with organic nitrogen compounds, such as urea, amino ...
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Does drinking cattle urine have health benefits?
This is a religiously motivated idea. And it is very probably a quite terrible idea from a health perspective. It is definitively a terrible idea from a taste perspective. After reviewing the ...
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Does too much sex, or STDs, cause urination after sneezing?
TL;DR version: Of the potential risk factors listed, pregnacy is the only one for which there is some systematic evidence linking it to this type of "sneeze pee" incontinence, called stress ...
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Does cow urine contain gold?
According to Metabolomic and elemental analysis of camel and bovine urine by GC–MS and ICP–MS Saudi Journal of Biosciences volume 24, pages 23-29 (January 2017):
Bovine urine contained 0.005673 ppm ...
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Does cow urine contain gold?
Summary: Gold is found in trace amounts all over the place, including cow urine.
Gold is found in trace amounts in many things.
From the report Gold Content of Water, Plants, and Animals.
Sea ...
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Do saliva glands emit urine?
Not really.
Metaphor: One part doesn't make a whole. Flour isn't a cookie.
According to the European Food Information Council, "The salivary glands in our mouth produce about 1-2 litres of saliva ...
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Do "Dog rocks" prevent yellow stains from appearing on my lawn?
Given the lack of any credible information on the website selling them and nothing resembling a scientific explanation, I would say that they are next to worthless. Basically they would have to show ...
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Does too much sex, or STDs, cause urination after sneezing?
According to URETHRAL DIVERTICULA by Eric S. Rovner:
Peters and Vaughn [reference 30] found a strong association between concurrent or previous infection with Neisseria gonorrhea and urethral ...
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Does placing a fly on a urinal improve cleanliness in men's toilets?
Where did the 80% claim come from?
According to the 2009 NPR article There's A Fly In My Urinal:
When flies were introduced at Schiphol Airport, spillage rates dropped 80 percent, says manager ...
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Are bar peanuts regularly tainted by urine?
According to Fines and Probation for Peanut Problems FDA Consumer, Volume 24, Number 7, September 1990, page 43:
A Suffolk, Va., warehouse company and its president were ordered in March to pay ...
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