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Why did the Chinese invent gun powder?

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∙ 13y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

Good question. Initially, it may have been an accidental discovery. We cannot say for sure, since it was about 1000 years ago, and there are no records of the first discovery of it. We do know that is was used in fireworks and rockets before guns were created.

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