![Mass for Shut-ins: The Gin and Tacos Podcast artwork](https://is2-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Podcasts113/v4/a3/8c/d4/a38cd403-bd0e-6b62-a53e-ffa6bdb56df8/mza_1149839586368133891.jpg/100x100bb.jpg)
Minicast D8: The Cantaloupe that Changed the World
Mass for Shut-ins: The Gin and Tacos Podcast
English - November 15, 2021 04:55 - 11 minutes - 9.66 MB - ★★★★★ - 292 ratingsPolitics News Comedy history gin jeopardy omnibus politics progressive tacos trivia Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Minicast D7: The Giant Ruby Affair
Next Episode: 033 - Bunion Derbies
Alexander Fleming's discovery of penicillin in 1928 had little immediate impact on the world because it took over 15 years to crack the secret of how to mass-produce the it. Until that happened, penicillin existed more as an idea than as a medical intervention. The code to producing it in big batches was finally cracked in, of all places, Peoria, Illinois thanks to the timely intervention of a cantaloupe.
I value your support on Patreon.