Heh. Once upon a time, it was thought that only a living thing could produce an organic compound, but then urea was synthesized (which really isn't all that organic).
German chemist Friedrich Wöhler first synthesized urea from ammonium cyanate in 1828. It was the first generally accepted laboratory synthesis of a naturally occurring organic compound from inorganic materials. Urea is now prepared commercially in vast amounts from liquid ammonia and liquid carbon dioxide.
