Random Fact #42

Alfred Nobel spent a great majority of his life trying to turn the very volatile substance nitrogylceride into a stable form.  He finally created dynamite and earned a fortune from it (from which he started the Nobel prizes).  The irony is that he developed a heart disease and the doctor prescribed him nitrogylcerine (when used in small doses it acts as a vasodilator) the very substance he tried for years to convert to a stable form.