1.
Alfred Nobel, inventor of the dynamite, was
astonished to read his own obituary, titled "The merchant of death is
dead," in a French newspaper. It was Alfred's brother who had died, but
the episode made him reconsider his legacy. His last will specified that his
fortune be used to create the Nobel Prize.
2. Les
Harvey, guitarist for '70s blues-rock band Stone the Crows, died onstage in
front of 1,000 fans on May 3, 1972 when he was electrocuted while tuning up for
a show.
3. Orgia
nova Fitch is the biological nomenclature for a species of moth.
4. Friedrich
August Kekulé discovered the ring-shaped structure of the organic chemical
compound benzene while daydreaming about the famous circular symbol of a snake
eating its own tail.
5. The
EU banned cheese made in Stilton to be called Stilton cheese.
6. The
Nebra Sky Disc (1600 BC) is the earliest known space map and the oldest known
portable astronomical instrument.
7.
The letters Q, W, and X were illegal in Turkey
for 85 years.
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