May 18, 2022
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On This Day
1992 - In Massapequa, NY, Joey Buttafuoco’s wife Mary Jo was shot and seriously wounded by his teenage lover, Amy Fisher.
Fact of the Day
Even though Steve Jobs had a curable type of pancreatic cancer, he refused traditional medicine, preferring to try alternative medicine and diets, which ended up worsening his condition to the point of no return.
Nature Oddities
Out of some 45,000 known species of spiders, only 23 are considered social, building and maintaining larger webs together.
Food and Drink
A church group once presented President Thomas Jefferson with a 4-foot-wide, 1,230-pound wheel of cheese to thank him for championing religious liberty. He had a policy against accepting gifts, and paid the group $200 ($4,500 in today’s money) for the cheese.