4 inventions destroy most people in the world

Many inventions help humans make great progress, but there are also inventions that endanger people. In it, cigarettes, AK-47 rifles, dynamite explosives, nuclear bombs were the most deadly inventions in modern history, according to the BBC's list.

About 100 million people died of tobacco in the 20th century, while atomic bombs, AK guns and explosives also killed millions of people in battles.

Cigarette

Statistical results show that 1.1 million people die each year from lung cancer and 85% of them smoke.

"The most killer product in human history is tobacco. It has robbed about 100 million lives in the 20th century , " said Robert Proctor, a Stanford University researcher in the US.

Jordan Goodman, author of the book "Tobacco in History" , says he is very cautious in finding people responsible for the birth of tobacco.

"But I can say that tobacco became popular in the 20th century thanks to an American named James Buchanan Duke. This person not only created cigarettes, but also played a leading role in marketing and distribution. Goodman makes cigarettes appear on every continent , " Goodman said.

Mr. James Buchanan Duke.

In 1880, at the age of 24, Duke invented rolling tobacco and produced it at a factory in the city of Durham, North Carolina, USA. Thanks to investing huge amounts of money for advertising and sponsoring beauty pageants, Duke soon made millions of people around the world fascinated with cigarettes, because they thought it was a symbol of modern style. . It was not until 1957 that scientists in England found a link between lung cancer and tobacco. Seven years later American scientists confirmed the chemicals in cigarettes caused lung cancer.

The World Health Organization warns that about 100 million people will die from tobacco-related diseases within 30 years.

AK-47 rifle

Mikhail Kalashnikov and his AK-47 rifle were designed.

About 100 million Kalashnikov rifles, or AK-47, are being used worldwide. With that number, AK-47 is the most common damage weapon . It is the standard personal weapon of more than 60 national troops. Many countries also equipped AK-47s for police and border guards. The rebel forces and terrorists also like AK-47.

Mikhail Kalashnikov, who invented the AK-47 gun, once said that his product had become the kind of gun that guerrilla forces around the world preferred. But he did not admit responsibility for killing so many people.

"The inventors are not responsible for the purpose of using other people's weapons. Governments must control the production and export of weapons , " he said.

Atom bomb

The giant mushroom-shaped cloud rose from the atomic bomb explosion in Nagasaki, Japan on August 9, 1945.

People called J physicists Robert Oppenheimer and Enrico Fermi the "father of the atomic bomb". Oppenheimer played an important role in the Manhattan project, the first US-built atomic bomb program. He felt regretful after realizing the atomic bomb's ability to kill in Japan's Hiroshima and Nagasaki cities in 1945. After the war he became head of the advisory group of the Atomic Energy Commission. America. This position helps him carry out lobbying activities to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons in the world.

Gunpowder

Alfred Nobel , a Swedish chemist, invented the dymanite explosive . In 1888, a French newspaper published an early obituary of his death. When reading the obituary, Nobel was taken aback by the words: "The death dealer died. Dr. Alfred Nobel, who became rich by finding ways to kill people more quickly than ever, passed away yesterday. ". Perhaps the obituary prompted Nobel to spend most of its 2.69 million (equivalent to $ 301 million today) in the creation of Nobel prizes .

Dr. Alfred Nobel, inventor of dynamite dynamite.