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The first antibiotic was a lab accident during a holiday.

In 1928 Alexander Fleming returned from holiday to find a mouldy bacterial culture. Around the Penicillium mould, the bacteria were dead. Only in 1940 did Florey and Chain turn it into a usable drug. All three shared the 1945 Nobel Prize. Before that, a scratch could be fatal.

Useful: An accident only becomes a discovery when someone looks closely.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

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