Wise World of Wellen presented by Salem Eye Clinic
1. The oldest paycheck that’s ever been found is from around 3,000 B.C. in a city called Uruk in the Middle East. And the person was paid in beer.
2. Redheaded people need about 20% more anesthesia than people with other colors of hair . . . the gene mutation for red hair also affects the body’s pain tolerance.
3. The first TV commercial aired on July 1st, 1941, before a Brooklyn Dodgers-Philadelphia Phillies game. It was for the Bulova Watch Company.
4. The National Park system covers 84.6 million acres, or 3.4% of U.S. land.
5. The “Twilight” books were originally called “Forks” . . . like the town where the story starts . . . until Stephenie Meyer’s agent convinced her to come up with a catchier title.
