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A beer separate from a closed mould culture dish and an old microscope.

A useful mess.

This date is widely celebrated as the anniversary of Alexander Fleming’s discovery of penicillin, after he noticed mould stopping bacterial growth in a culture dish.

To the washing-up you haven’t done. Very occasionally, it’s research.

The discovery is documented. Accounts differ on the precise September date.

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