TIL that in 1943, after a worldwide search, a mouldy cantaloupe in a Peoria, Illinois market was found to contain the best strain of penicillin for mass production

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penicillin#Mass_production



Submitted February 18, 2015 at 06:40AM by tommytraddles http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2w9d84/til_that_in_1943_after_a_worldwide_search_a/