Tuesday 2 April 2013

Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.


Dynamite is made from Nitroglycerine Nitroglycerine, also known as trinitroglycerin, and glyceryl trinitrate, is an oily,explosive liquid made by nitrating glycerol. So nitroglycerine is made from glycerol. Glycerol or glycerine, is a viscous liquid used in soap, cream, and food.Glycerol is made from……….Peanut oil! Peanut oil of course being made from peanuts! So there you have it! The principle ingredient of dynamite is peanuts!In fact you could conceivably concur that without peanuts,there very possibly would never have been a Nobel Peace Prize.

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