MARY PREVITEâS SPEECH AT THE SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF THE LIBERATION OF THE WEIHSIEN CONCENTRATION CAMP. August 17, 2005 Weifang, Shandong Province, China. Honorable Mayor Zhang Xinqi, honorable friends of Weifang, you have earned our deepest gratitude by inviting us here to celebrate this Day of Liberation.
TIL that in 1669, Hennig Brand discovered phosphorus by boiling down urine and heating the residue to very high temperatures. He was trying to make gold though, and he hoped that the yellow color of urine meant there was gold in it. (chemicool.com) submitted 4 years ago by virnovus 8. 89 comments; share; save
Scientists use phosphorus to make baking soda. Go take a look in your refrigerator. Maybe your mom keeps baking soda in there to take away the smell of the food. When you see that white powder you'll know that scientists used phosphorus to make it.Phosphorus is also used to make dishes. Fine china is very expensive because a lot of special procedures go into making it. Phosphorus is one of the special elements that are used to make that fine china.hosphorus got its name because it glows in the dark. Phosphorus is from the Greek words ph s (light) and phoros (bearer), meaning bringer of light, and the ancient name for the planet Venus when it appears before sunrise. Its symbol is P, from p hosphorus. H i s t o r y.