Wise World of Wellen presented by Salem Eye Clinic
1. 4% of the sand on Normandy’s beaches is broken down shrapnel from D-Day.
2. The winner of the first Indianapolis 500 in 1911 had an average speed of just under 75 miles per hour. This year’s winner averaged 168.
3. Everything is bigger in Texas, including donkeys. The world record for the tallest donkey was set in 2013 by Romulus, a nine-year-old American Mammoth Jackstock, who measured “17 hands” . . . or five feet, eight inches.
4. When a llama spits, they’re actually spitting out vomit.
5. The Mars candy company says it doesn’t approve of people deep frying their candy bars because it doesn’t fit with their promotion of healthy living.
