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Aspos
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Mind-Bending Soviet Era Oil Rig City on the Caspia...
Nobel (the Nobel prize guy) made his fortune in Baku, IMSMR
anonymousDan
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I thought he made his fortune from TNT and then founded the Nobel prize out of guilt?
mometsi
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He (Alfred) was well-known for explosives but most of his money came from his shares in
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branobel
, run by his brothers.
Aspos
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I believe that's where he invented it
ablation
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Nobel didn’t invent TNT. That was invented by Wilbrand. Nobel invented dynamite. Both were invented in Germany.
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