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The God of Heaven, Uranus
The Greek word for heaven, uranos, is very close to the English word urine. The Greeks sometimes would say zus ure or zus is uranating when there was a heavy downpour. And if you think about it, the God of heaven or anos, that's where we get the name of the planet Uranus. "There is an etymological connection there to bathroom stuff," he says.