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The protein waste product urea.

Phosphorus was discovered while boiling down a cauldron full of urine, by an alchemist seeking a way to make the "philosopher's stone". He named it phosphorus because it glowed (from Greek "phos" light and "phoros" bringer), however he was unaware that it was actually slowly burning.

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