penicillin, n.Trivia

Cheese is formed from the introduction of the bacteria penicillium.

Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, but never tried to make an antibiotic out of it. It was not until a decade later that a man found Fleming's little-known paper and realized the mold's potential.

All modern penicillin can be traced back to a single moldy cantaloupe from a small grocery store in Peoria, Illinois

Until penicillin was developed, malaria was used to treat syphilis