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  2. Alexander Fleming - Wikipedia

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    Sir Alexander Fleming FRS FRSE FRCS [2] (6 August 1881 – 11 March 1955) was a Scottish physician and microbiologist, best known for discovering the world's first broadly effective antibiotic substance, which he named penicillin.

  3. Norman Heatley - Wikipedia

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    Alexander Fleming had first discovered penicillin by accident in 1928, but at that time believed it had little application. When Florey and his team recognised the potential of the discovery for combating bacterial infection, they faced the problem of how to manufacture penicillin in sufficient quantities to be of use. Heatley, although the ...

  4. Absolute Genius with Dick and Dom - Wikipedia

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    Absolute Genius with Dick and Dom is a British television series broadcast on CBBC and presented by Richard McCourt and Dominic Wood (Dick and Dom).In each episode the duo study the work of a genius (three geniuses in later series) and attempt to recreate one of their ideas, occasionally with some improvements using technology not available in the subject's lifetime.

  5. Discovery of penicillin - Wikipedia

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    He called this juice "penicillin", explaining the reason as "to avoid the repetition of the rather cumbersome phrase 'Mould broth filtrate'." [12] He invented the name on 7 March 1929. [5] In his Nobel lecture he gave a further explanation, saying: I have been frequently asked why I invented the name "Penicillin".

  6. Detachable Penis - Wikipedia

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    The video for "Detachable Penis" was directed by Richard Kern at the suggestion of drummer Roger Murdock. [5] Hall called Kern "the perfect choice." [5] The video consists of a literal visual depiction of the song's narrative, interspersed with shots of the band performing and an anonymous woman simulating attaching and detaching the organ of the title (represented by a dildo complete with ...

  7. PPAP (Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen) - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 11 November 2024. Song by Pikotaro "PPAP (Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen)" Single by Pikotaro Released 7 October 2016 (2016-10-07) Recorded 2016 Genre J-pop, electro-pop, dance-pop, techno Length 0: 45 Label Avex Music Creative Songwriter(s) Daimaou Kosaka Producer(s) Daimaou Kosaka Pikotaro singles chronology ...

  8. History of penicillin - Wikipedia

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    Glass phial of British Standard penicillin. The history of penicillin follows observations and discoveries of evidence of antibiotic activity of the mould Penicillium that led to the development of penicillins that became the first widely used antibiotics. Following the production of a relatively pure compound in 1942, penicillin was the first ...

  9. I Want You (Marvin Gaye song) - Wikipedia

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    "I Want You" is a song written by Leon Ware and Arthur "T-Boy" Ross and performed by American singer and songwriter Marvin Gaye. It was released as a single in 1976 on his fourteenth studio album of the same name (1976) on his Tamla label. The song introduced a change in musical styles for Gaye, who before then had been recording songs with a ...