Although Ascanio Sobrero invented this, it was Alfred Nobel who figured out to a way to let that poisonous (and extremely dangerous) yellow oil soak harmlessly (for a while) into clay, creating dynamite. What is it?
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The "Luftwaffe" was the name given to the air force of which country during World War II?
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What nationality was Benz, inventor of the first petrol engine?
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