TIL Essentially all penicillin produced after 1943 originated with a mold sample found on a cantaloupe in Peoria, Illinois. The moldy part was cut off and cultured and the lab technicians ate the rest of the fruit.


TIL Essentially all penicillin produced after 1943 originated with a mold sample found on a cantaloupe in Peoria, Illinois. The moldy part was cut off and cultured and the lab technicians ate the rest of the fruit. https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2017/03/youre-probably-alive-moldy-cantaloupe-peoria/ triviafrenzy December 30, 2019 at 04:08PM

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