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In a week like this in 1898, an unusual event unfolded that gave Alfred Nobel, the famous inventor of dynamite, an unexpected second chance. Nobel and his brother were pictured together in the news, but a journalist mistakenly reported that Alfred had died instead of his brother Ludvig. This error led to a premature obituary for Alfred, dubbing him the "Doctor of Death" due to his invention of dynamite, which had been widely used in warfare and destruction. Imagine the shock of reading your own obituary, especially one that condemns your life's work! This was Nobel's reality—he was alive, yet...

Top places to visit in Martin County, Florida. The refuge house on Hutchinson Island is on my mind a day before the arrival of the hurricane in the Atlantic. What will become of this last remaining of many Houses of Refuge built by the Navy in the 1800's to aide shipwrecks.