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Wise World of Wellen presented by Salem Eye Clinic

By WJBD Staff Nov 17, 2021 | 9:59 AM

Wise World of Wellen presented by Salem Eye Clinic

  1. There are about 100,000 payphones left in the U.S., and one-fifth are in New York. In 1999, there were two million payphones.
  2. The core of the Earth is hotter than the surface of the sun.
  3. Freelancers originally referred to self-employed, sword-wielding mercenaries: literally “free lancers.”
  4. We shake hands to show we’re unarmed. It was also a sign of trust that you believed the other person wasn’t going to take their sword out to fight YOU.
  5. When Mr. Potato Head first came out in 1952, it was just the body parts on sharp spikes . . . you had to provide your OWN potato. The plastic potato didn’t come around until the 1970s.

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