The Dog, the Hole, and 17,000 Years of Art
On September 12, 1940, four French teenagers climbed down into a hidden cave near Montignac and found its walls covered with Ice Age paintings — Lascaux.
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The Mold That Changed Medicine
On September 28, 1928, a messy scientist came back from vacation to find a strange mold on a forgotten petri dish — and the age of antibiotics began.