Sunday, March 16

Cuba is experiencing yet another nationwide power outage after the central electrical grid failed for the fourth time in the last six months.

Fact of the Day (Reader's Digest): The FDA actually allows up to one rat hair in every 100 grams of peanut butter before it’s considered “defective.” For reference, 100 grams is equal to a little under a quarter of a pound. Since it’s so hard to spot and remove the hairs during the difficult, unglamorous process of peanut harvesting, they allow small amounts of it.

Quote of the Day (Gracious Quotes): Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all. (Ovid)

Word of the Day (Merriam-Webster): Stratagem (verb, STRAT-uh-jum) - A stratagem is a trick or plan for deceiving an enemy or for achieving a goal.

In a Sentence: They devised various stratagems to get the cat into the carrier, but the feisty feline was wise to them all.