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The Man Who Invented the Nobel Prize
Alfred Nobel invented dynamite and got rich — then a newspaper accidentally printed his obituary while he was alive, calling him 'the merchant of death.' Horrified, he gave away his whole fortune to invent the Nobel Prize instead.
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