Someone give me some context
Alfred Nobel invented dynamite, for mining, by doing what the meme says (I don't know what "fossilized algae" refers to, but it makes the nitro not go boom, when it really wants to boom). After seeing what it was eventually used for (bombs. Lots and lots of bombs) he regretted ever making it. He set up the Nobel Peace Prize as a result, to try and even the scales a bit, so to speak
I don’t know what “fossilized algae” refers to
Looked it up:
Nobel found that when nitroglycerin was incorporated in an absorbent inert substance like kieselguhr (diatomaceous earth) it became safer and more convenient to handle, and this mixture he patented in 1867 as "dynamite".
Diatomaceous earth consists of the fossilized remains of diatoms, a type of hard-shelled microalgae.
For a fun prank, pour out a small drop of Nitroglycerin and smack it with a hammer to scare your friends. :^)
For a really fun prank, coerce your friends into driving truckfuls of nitroglycerin hundreds of miles down a dodgy road through the jungle.
He was known as the "Merchant of Death" because even after he accidentally revolutionized warfare he kept profiting off of it for the rest of his life.
I guess you could say it was a smashing success
