Wise World of Wellen presented by Salem Eye Clinic
1. Wasabi was originally eaten with sushi to kill bacteria, not for its flavor. That’s not necessary now with modern sanitary conditions . . . but people still eat it out of habit.
2. Viagra, when dissolved in water, can make cut-flowers stay erect for up to a week longer than they usually would.
3. The first chocolate bar was made in 1847. Up to that point, chocolate was just a drink.
4. Veggie burgers were invented at roughly the same time as hamburgers. They both show up in cookbooks from the late 1800s.
5. As of last year, the number of people STILL using AOL’s dial-up service was in the “low thousands.”
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