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Alfred Nobel Read His Own Obituary, Then Changed His Will
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Alfred Nobel Read His Own Obituary, Then Changed His Will

A clerical slip at a French newspaper printed Alfred Nobel's obituary in 1889 while he was still very much alive, and it changed the world.

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