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that chemist Fritz Haber, who’s discovery of synthesizing ammonia from atmospheric nitrogen, is credited for saving billions of lives. He also was a pioneer of the first chemical weapons used in WW1. His wife was so horrified of his role in chlorine gas attacks that she killed herself.

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that chemist Fritz Haber, who’s discovery of synthesizing ammonia from atmospheric nitrogen, is credited for saving billions of lives. He also was a pioneer of the first chemical weapons used in WW1. His wife was so horrified of his role in chlorine gas attacks that she killed herself.
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that chemist Fritz Haber, who’s discovery of synthesizing ammonia from atmospheric nitrogen, is credited for saving billions of lives. He also was a pioneer of the first chemical weapons used in WW1. His wife was so horrified of his role in chlorine gas attacks that she killed herself.

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