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“Second to agriculture, humbug is the biggest industry of our age.”

Quote by Alfred Nobel

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Alfred Nobel, a chemist, was born on October 21, 1833, in Stockholm, Sweden, and died on December 10, 1896. Nobel is known for his invention of dynamite and for establishing the Nobel Prize. more

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