Wise World of Wellen presented by Salem Eye Clinic
1. The Dum-Dum lollipop “mystery flavors” aren’t secret, specific flavors. They just add the next flavor to the batch, and the mix of two in-between becomes the mystery flavors. So they are always different.
2. Jam is made from fruit . . . jelly is made from juice . . . preserves have chunks of fruit . . . and marmalades have peel and pulp.
3. The best-selling fiction book in history is believed to be “Don Quixote” with approximately 500 million copies sold.
4. The YMCA initially threatened to SUE the Village People over the song “YMCA” . . . but they dropped the suit when they found their membership had gone WAY up thanks to the song.
5. Highlighters were originally yellow because they wouldn’t leave a shadow when a paper was Xeroxed.
