super-hombre t1_ixo0my7 wrote on November 24, 2022 at 10:44 PM

Nitroglycerin is still used as heart medication today

ZwischenzugZugzwang t1_ixopj1g wrote on November 25, 2022 at 2:24 AM

It is. I think this fact is notable because Nobel invented (or popularized? I'd have to look it up) TNT

Goalie_deacon t1_ixos2ag wrote on November 25, 2022 at 2:48 AM

Okay, Nobel didn’t invent nitroglycerin. Dynamite was Nobel’s invention to make handling nitroglycerin safer. He created the Nobel Peace Price because his fear that he made a great weapon. None of that makes this as interesting as he created dynamite after his brother died from nitroglycerin explosion. What killed one brother kept the other brother alive a bit longer, and a legend.

ZwischenzugZugzwang t1_ixos4u7 wrote on November 25, 2022 at 2:48 AM

Okay. It was interesting to me notwithstanding everything you said.

Devil_May_Kare t1_ixptinr wrote on November 25, 2022 at 10:14 AM

Dynamite. He invented dynamite. That's a way of stabilizing nitroglycerin so it won't explode if you look at it funny.

TNT is a different explosive that's inherently more stable than nitroglycerin, so it doesn't need extra stabilization.

ZwischenzugZugzwang t1_ixptl78 wrote on November 25, 2022 at 10:15 AM

My mistake. AC/DC led me astray.

dk3tkd t1_ixras3a wrote on November 25, 2022 at 6:33 PM

I was given it once in the ER. Went in for high troponin levels found in a blood test, by my GP's recommendation. When that stuff wore off, OMG! Horrible headache, dizzy, I was a complete mess. Nobody warned me about the after effects.