Did you know that Lysol originally began as a product called Liquor Cresolis Compositus, developed to help end a cholera epidemic in Germany? Renamed in 1889 by American entrepreneurs, Louis Lehn and Frederick Fink, Lysol was hailed as the world’s first safe and uniform household disinfectant. During the Spanish flu pandemic, back in 1918, Lysol disinfectant was advertised as an effective countermeasure to the virus. Advertisements in the newspaper provided tips for preventing the spread of the