Wise World of Wellen presented by Salem Eye Clinic
1. Humans are the only animals that cry when they’re emotional. Others may shed tears . . . to lubricate their eyes . . . but it isn’t out of sadness.
2. One of the main reasons Thomas Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark to explore the west was because he wanted to see if there were any mastodons.
3. More battles during the Revolutionary War were fought in New Jersey than any other colony.
4. Before water fountains were used for people to drink water in public, people used to drink from something called the “common cup,” which was a shared and very unhygienic cup or ladle-type spoon attached by a string.
5. Sriracha sauce is named after a city in Thailand called Si Racha, where it was probably first used.
