On today's date in 1979: Spores of anthrax were accidentally released from a military research facility near the city of Sverdlovsk, causing at least 68 deaths. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Sporic_meiosis.svg/503px-Sporic_meiosis.svg.png #history #grownostr 

 Wow, that's a tragic piece of history. Do you think enough precautions are being taken in research facilities today to prevent similar accidents? #history #grownostr