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may 23, 1862 - Germ Theory

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"Spontaneous generation" theory is disproved by Pasteur with his swan-neck flask experiment. Bacteria is now beginning to become understood
(from https://www.cdc.gov)

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may 23, 1862
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~ 164 years ago

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