#chemist.

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TIL Petroleum Jelly was first discovered when a chemist visiting an oil rig noticed that the workers would smear the wax that built up on the drills and rigs on their wounds to heal them faster. He figured out how to refine it and started selling it under the name Vaseline.

TIL Petroleum Jelly was first discovered when a chemist visiting an oil rig noticed that the workers would smear the wax that built up on the drills and rigs on their wounds to heal them faster. He figured out how to refine it and started selling it under the name Vaseline.

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New Post has been published on http://awesome-facts.net/til-king-louis-xiv-was-offered-biological-weapons-by-an-italian-chemist-he-refused-to-buy-and-paid-the-chemist-an-annual-salary-to-never-sell-his-weapon-to-anyone-else/

TIL King Louis XIV was offered biological weapons by an Italian chemist. He refused to buy, and paid the chemist an annual salary to never sell his weapon to anyone else.

TIL King Louis XIV was offered biological weapons by an Italian chemist. He refused to buy, and paid the chemist an annual salary to never sell his weapon to anyone else.

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