Off The Hook
November 15, 2019

Off the Hook – Facts to change your life … maybe

By Melanie Behrens

 Some of these interesting facts will surprise you, while others will just plain be disgusting.
Here we go with one from my youth.
 “The television was invented only two years after the invention of sliced bread.”
For me, sliced bread has been around my whole life. Otto Rohwedder from Chillicot...

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