Saturday, March 15

The captain of the Portuguese container ship that smashed into a US-flagged oil tanker earlier this week has been arrested and charged for the incident.

Fact of the Day (Reader's Digest): You might already be aware that you shed your skin, and that much of the dust you see around your home is composed of dead skin cells. You shed skin nearly constantly, and your entire epidermis completely regenerates approximately every 27 days. While the amount varies greatly per person, you lose an average of 1.5 pounds of skin cells a year, which means that you’ll most likely shed at least half your body weight in skin cells throughout your entire life.

Quote of the Day (Gracious Quotes): I know how I look like. I know how I sound. I know how I walk. I’m just gonna be me. I do me, and you do you. (Caster Semenya)

Word of the Day (Merriam-Webster): Bamboozle (verb, bam-BOO-zul) - To bamboozle someone is to deceive, trick, or confuse them.

In a Sentence: The salesperson bamboozled us into getting a more expensive item than we had planned to buy.