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Question
Alfred Nobel, the founder of Nobel prizes was once called the ‘merchant of death’ for which of the following inventions?
Explanation
Alfred Nobel invented dynamite in 1867 by stabilizing nitroglycerin with kieselguhr, revolutionizing construction and warfare. A mistaken French obituary titled him merchant of death for profiting from explosives causing mass destruction, motivating him to create Nobel Prizes.
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