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Wise World of Wellen presented by Salem Eye Clinic

By WJBD Staff Nov 27, 2024 | 9:28 AM

1. In the 18th century, rich people would hire real people to serve, basically, as human garden gnomes. The “ornamental hermits” would live in the rich person’s garden and dress like a druid.

2. Microsoft put “Solitaire” and “Minesweeper” in early versions of Windows to teach people how to use the mouse and click.

3. Wyoming was the last state to change its legal drinking age to 21. They didn’t make that the law until July of 1988.

4. Grocery stores sell a total of $5.5 billion worth of “impulse buy” items in the checkout line every single year.

5. St. Louis has had the biggest drop in population of any American city. It peaked at 857,000 people in 1950 and is now around 300,000 . . . which is a 65% drop.

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