How the Color Mauve Saved Millions of Lives

In 1856, a young chemistry whiz failed so spectacularly at whipping up a cure for malaria, he accidentally invented the color mauve. He also accidentally opened up an entirely new field of science. A field that synthesized everything from perfumes, to pesticides, to perhaps some pills inside your medicine cabinet right now. Free to watch on Dr.Doc Kids.

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