And just like that, North Korea is a nuclear state.

Ascanio Sobero, the man who invented nitroglycerin, was so dismayed by his own invention that he kept it secret for a full year before finally unveiling it. The uses of his invention haunted him to his deathbed.

Sarah Winchester, wife of the inventor of the "rifle that won the west," was reportedly haunted by the ghosts of all the men killed by her husband's rifle. She was driven insane to the point that she contracted a construction firm to build rooms in her own house for the ghosts to live in. At the time of her death, the rooms

had still not been finished.

When the last member of the Manhattan Project dies, I wonder how many souls he will have to address.

Chasing Cars, by Snow Patrol.