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Wise World of Wellen presented by Salem Eye Clinic

  1. Less than 1% of the world’s shipwrecks have been discovered. There are an estimated 3 million ships currently lying on the ocean floor.
  2. The company that buys the most rice in America is Anheuser-Busch . . . they use it as part of their brewing process.
  3. Jerry Seinfeld says he’s the reason American Express created its famous black card. When he was Amex’s spokesman in the late ’90s, he asked for a special card, so they made it and gave him the first one.
  4. The blood of eels is more poisonous than some snake venom, but several chemical processes, including cooking it, renders it harmless.

Elevators and escalators made by the Otis Elevator Company carry around two billion people a day.