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    After regretting the problems caused by his invention of dynamite, Alfred Nobel established the prestigious Nobel Prize award for those who have contributed the greatest benefit to mankind.

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Alvin Clark became the first to observe a white dwarf star

On the 31st January, 1862, Alvin Clark was testing a new telescope when he discovered the first known white dwarf star, Sirius B.

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