Trivia Question

Trivia Question: The alchemist Wei Beoyang is notable for being the first person to catalogue the creation of what substance?

Answer: Gunpowder

Wei Boyang is called the “Father of Alchemy.” His notes contained rudimentary methods at creating all sorts of useful concoctions and substances. However, it was his recipe for gunpowder that would perhaps prove his most influential contribution to human history.

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