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[–] bogdugg@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I don’t know what “fossilized algae” refers to

Looked it up:

Nobel found that when nitroglycerin was incorporated in an absorbent inert substance like kieselguhr (diatomaceous earth) it became safer and more convenient to handle, and this mixture he patented in 1867 as "dynamite".

Diatomaceous earth consists of the fossilized remains of diatoms, a type of hard-shelled microalgae.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Nobel#Nobel_Prize

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diatomaceous_earth

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Ooh. Diatomaceous earth is also the best safest healthiest most humane method of fending off bed bugs.

[–] JudahBenHur@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

I'm all for being humane but I would stab a bed bug with a pin and yell "die, fucker". Same goes for mosquitos, ticks and fleas.

Isn't diotemacious earth cancer causing if you breath it in?