HERS AND HISTORY 9/28

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It's 1928. A mold has claimed a petri dish left stacked on a London lab bench during holidays. The staphylococcus bacteria are gone. A clear ring cuts through the growth like a moat. Most men would scrape the plate into the bin and start fresh. Alexander Fleming, looks twice and so it goes...

1928: Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin

1924: First round-the-world flight
2020: Global COVID death toll reaches 1 million
2022: Hurricane Ian strikes Florida