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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
Russia and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) have launched intelligence missions right here on U.S. soil as the CCP has instigated an economic chokehold on South American countries through its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and corruption.
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Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Apr. 2025
For now, the researchers have left the ship in situ, partially covering it with original soil and squeezing wet sponges onto it to preserve moisture.
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Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 Apr. 2025
Their inflammatory markers were monitored through blood, urine, and stool samples, and colon polyps were examined through high-definition colonoscopies.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
Relieve constipation: Certain magnesium and phosphorus supplements can help relieve constipation by bringing water to your intestines and softening stool (poop).
Their cattle then roam the yerba mate plantation, clear the weeds–which both feeds the cattle and eliminates the need for pesticides–and its manure helps enrich the soil.
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Andrew Watman,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
Composted manure, for example, is often very high in nutrients and could potentially harm plants if overapplied.
The rich sat on deck while the poor were squeezed in the hold below, with no place to relieve themselves, so excrement, vomit, and other wastes flowed down into the lower areas.
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Lauren Vuong,
Mercury News,
19 Apr. 2025
Researchers fed the fish, and their excrement provided nutrients to the plants.
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Troy Aidan Sambajon,
The Christian Science Monitor,
17 Mar. 2025
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