Each year in Canada, about 225 men fall overboard and drown as a consequence of standing up in a boat to urinate overboard.

Ancient Roman spies used urine as invisible ink

Ancient Roman spies used urine as invisible ink to write secrets between the lines of their official documents, hence the saying: “read between the lines.” The messages appeared only when heated.

The word “piss” is an onomatopoetic term for urine and has been used since before the 14th century.