1 Number retired by Cubs in 2003. 2  Played in 2,102 game at third base for the Cubs from 1960-73. 3  Was the Cubs' WGN radio color commentator from 1990 - 2010. 4  Santo was a nine-time All-Star.
The fresh aroma after a summer downpour is one of life's pleasing scents. The earthy fragrance was named petrichor by Australian researchers in 1964. They described it as a combination of plant oils and the chemical compound geosmin which are released from the soil when it rains.
ELLIOTT: Few things smell better than the air after a good, strong rain. And this week in Science Out of the Box, we've decided to find out why. (Soundbite of music). ELLIOTT: We called up Dr. Charles Wysocki at Philadelphia's Monell Chemical Senses Center and asked him what is so delicious about the smell of rain.t's sort of a musky smell. You'll also smell that when you are in your garden and you're turning over your soil. And that's a good indication because that tells you, you have good organic material in the soil. The soil is not too wet.