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
Interesting Phosphorus Facts. 1  Brand called the new element cold fire because it glowed in the dark. The name of the element comes from the Greek word phosphoros, which means bringer of light. The form of phosphorus Brand discovered was white phosphorus, which reacts with oxygen in air to produce a green-white light.