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after its initial discovery and isolation in London in 1928, penicillin was first mass-produced in 1942 using mould from a cantaloupe in a market in Peoria, Illinois. Just in time to prepare for the June 1944 WWII Allied invasion at Normandy.

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Fun Fact: after its initial discovery and isolation in London in 1928, penicillin was first mass-produced in 1942 using mould from a cantaloupe in a market in Peoria, Illinois. Just in time to prepare for the June 1944 WWII Allied invasion at Normandy.

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