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What Is a Qualified Nominator? The Nobel Rule Behind Every "Nominated for the Peace Prize" Headline
Published on: 20/09/2026
What is a qualified nominator? The closed Nobel list that decides who may submit a name — and why nominations stay sealed 50 years but still hit the news.
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Why Is Nitroglycerin in Dynamite and Heart Medicine? Alfred Nobel Got the Prescription He Didn't Want
Published on: 20/09/2026
Why is nitroglycerin in dynamite and heart medicine? One unstable molecule, two opposite jobs — and Alfred Nobel was prescribed his own explosive in 1896.
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What Is the "Merchant of Death" Obituary? The Nobel Prize Origin Story Nobody Can Find
Published on: 24/08/2026
What is the merchant of death obituary? A French paper buried the wrong Nobel brother in 1888 — but the headline everyone quotes has never actually been found.
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