“Sammy the Bull” was the nickname of which gangster?
• Paul Castellano
• John Gotti
• Charles Luciano
• Salvatore Gravano
October 5, 2026
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On This Day
1947 - President Harry S. Truman held the first televised presidential address from the White House.
Fact of the Day
The Blue Marble is the only whole-earth photo taken by human hands. It was snapped by one of the astronauts on Apollo 17 on their way to the moon. No one has been far enough from earth to take a similar picture since.
Nature Oddities
Australian scorpion stings are not life-threatening, though they do produce severe pain that lasts 6-24 hours.
Food and Drink
During the Cold War, New Zealand exporters wanted a new name for the Chinese gooseberry to avoid possible associations with communist China and high import tariffs, so they renamed it kiwi fruit after the country’s flightless bird, the kiwi.