The US once banned sliced bread.
In 1943 the Agriculture Secretary ordered it as a wartime saving, though not for long. Pre-sliced loaves had gone on sale in 1928, giving English 'the greatest thing since sliced bread'.
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- 1928 1928: Fleming came back from holiday to find a mould killing his bacteria, sliced bread went on sale for the first time, and Mickey Mouse made his public debut in Steamboat Willie.
- 1928 · 1943 Penicillin for millions of soldiers came from a rotten melon.
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