Wise World of Wellen presented by Salem Eye Clinic
1. The reason “Rx” is used for prescriptions is because it’s a short version of the Latin word “recipe,” which means “take.
2. The Village People didn’t come up with the “Y-M-C-A” arm movements people do to the song. The audience started doing it when they performed on “American Bandstand” in 1979, so they decided to incorporate it into their act.
3. Crayola is owned by Hallmark.
4. The White House was totally open to the public through the early 1900s.
5. When Judy Garland got cast as Dorothy in “The Wizard of Oz”, she was put on a diet of chicken soup, black coffee, and 80 cigarettes a day . . . even though she was 16.
