Wise World of Wellen presented by Salem Eye Clinic
1. Winston Churchill had a doctor’s note to drink “unlimited” alcohol in Prohibition America, after getting hit by a car when trying to cross a street.
2. The average American eats 110 pounds of potatoes a year. That’s more than any other vegetable.
3. The average professional baseball player has 20/12 vision, which is much better than most other people.
4. It’s impossible to die in quicksand in the way that’s depicted in old movies, which used to show people basically drowning in it. Quicksand is denser than the human body, so people and animals can get trapped in it . . . but while you could be immobilized, you wouldn’t get sucked down past your waist.
5. Tennis got its name in the 1200s from the old French word “tenez,” which means “receive.” People used to shout that before they served.
