Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite who became wealthy through his explosives business, was horrified when a French newspaper mistakenly published his obituary calling him 'the merchant of death' after his brother's death in 1888; this prompted him to rewrite his will and leave his entire fortune to establish the Nobel Prizes, including the Nobel Peace Prize, which he intended to celebrate peace, science, and literature rather than destruction.
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The Weapons Dealer Who Created the Nobel Peace PrizeAdded:
Did you know the Nobel Peace Prize was created by history's most successful weapons dealer? Alfred Nobel invented dynamite in 1867, made him filthy rich.
His explosives built tunnels, moved mountains, and yeah, blew people up in wars across Europe. The man perfected destruction and got paid millions for it. Then in 1888, his brother died, but a French newspaper screwed up and published Alfred's obituary instead. The headline, "The merchant of death is dead." Nobel read his own obituary calling him a monster who got rich from human suffering. He was so horrified that he rewrote his will and left his entire fortune to create prizes celebrating peace, science, and literature. The world's most famous peace award exists because a weapons manufacturer accidentally saw how history would remember him.
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