Sniffing for a solution to another of life's great mysteries, I went straight to the source (previously effective in illuminating pompatus).
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Found that the smell in urine produced by ingesting asparagus is attributed to thioacrylate and thiopropionate, stinky compounds known as thioesters – according to the 1975 findings of UCSD chemist Robert White. The metabolic processes by which the chemicals are formed in urine were not determined by that study.
Mystery prevails.
"Love. A urine mirage in a desert of fear."
P.S. – just because fecund sounds like it has something to do with bodily functions doesn't make it so.