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Recent Examples of night soilThis strategy became necessary after an errant tomato plant sprouted from a visitor's night soil back in the 1960s.—Amy Brady, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2023 The night soil temperatures are not ideal to put them out yet.—oregonlive, 1 May 2021 For millennia, people collected these precious substances—often in the wee hours, giving rise to the term night soil—and used them to grow food.—Julia Rosen, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2021
Participants self-reported their mental health symptoms and soda intake, and researchers analyzed stool samples to assess their gut bacteria.
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Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
18 Oct. 2025
While the restaurant has a tiny upstairs salon, the best way to enjoy Borsam's lahmacun is perched on a stool inside or outside by a window, watching the vibrant foot traffic of the neighborhoods pass by.
One day, his dad, Brian (Palin), shares an old recipe involving rainwater, horse manure and alchemy to create Homunculi – magical prophesying spirits that can predict the future.
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Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
9 Oct. 2025
Animal manure is typically kept on site, which plays a significant role in air quality, according to the study.
Only one of us has other people pick up his poop in a bag.
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Bruce Headlam,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
The inspector counted about 53 pieces of rodent poop, including 20 in the kitchen under a storage rack and 15 in a storage area under the ice bin and storage shelves and another 15 under a flip-top cooler.
Like similar toilets, the bowl area is lined with a bag-like film that catches excrement and urine.
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New Atlas,
New Atlas,
9 Oct. 2025
Evidence of damage includes chewed, cut or missing leaves; yellowing or brown leaves; white webbing and green-black excrement on or around the plant, according to the Ohio Department of Agriculture.
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