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Is Gunpowder the Answer?
Urine has been used as a mouth wash, but they didn't like i do anything to it fore they used it. I've heard of people using urine for tooth paste purposes, like ancient rome or something like that. Gunpowder is potassium nitrate, or saltpeter, which you can find in natural deposits. The rock hira looks like a medium sized rodent, but is actually closely related to the elephant. You just need to find the ancient petrified mixture of their urine and feces called hirasium. Inside you will find an oily mixture that will help balance out your final product.
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