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.
The smell is called petrichor, the scent of rain falling on dry earth. Itâs caused by a couple of compounds in the soil, one of them known as geosmin, âearth-smell,â a term I found wonderfully Tolkienesque. (O geosmin!