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Merry Christmas!

It is Monday, December 25th, 2023.

On This Day In History — On this day in 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev resigned the presidency of the Soviet Union, which ceased to exist at the end of the year.

Deal of the Day

Wayfair — Up to 60% Off

• Merry Christmas! While Cyber Monday and Black Tuesday often get a lot of hype for the best deals, the days after Christmas are often the best for securing the largest discounts as stores are looking to get rid of inventory.

• Wayfair is no exception — check out their website for massive discounts in the end-of-year sale. 

RetireHub Poll

Yesterday’s Poll Results — If you had to scrap all social media except one, which would you keep?

With over 68% of the vote — “Facebook” was the most popular choice!

Thanks to everyone who voted!

Words of the Day

Finance Term: Capital gains

Definition: Profits derived from selling capital assets such as financial investments, real estate, personal property, or collectibles.

Medical Term: Palliative care

Definition: Specialized medical care that focuses on providing relief from the symptoms and stress of a serious illness. The goal is to improve quality of life for both the patient and the family.

Slang Word of the Day: Cheugy

Definition: Something that is cheugy is not at all trendy.

Used in a Sentence: 

“Ew that dress is so cheugy

Longevity Tip Of The Day

Read more — Sounds like we made it up, but scientific research supports the longevity benefits of reading — newspapers and magazines will do, but books are the best. “As little as a half-hour a day of book reading had a significant survival advantage over those who did not read,” said the study’s senior author, Becca R. Levy, a professor of epidemiology at Yale.

What We’re Reading

Solomon’s Well, by Nicholas Harvey

Price — $3.99 Free

Overview: To help a friend, Cayman Islands diver AJ searches for a valuable artifact in an underwater cave. But as the mystery behind the treasure is revealed, the adventure becomes deadly… A pulse-pounding read from a USA Today bestselling author!

News of the Day

Unaccompanied 6-year-old child put on wrong Spirit Airlines flight

• An unaccompanied 6-year-old child flying on Spirit Airlines to visit his grandmother in Fort Myers, Florida, was instead put on a flight to Orlando.

• In an emailed statement to CNN, Spirit Airlines apologized to the family, saying on December 21, the child was supposed to fly from Philadelphia International Airport to Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers.

• …read the full story

Free Bella: The fight to release a beluga whale from a South Korean mega mall’s aquarium

• A barren tank with concrete walls and artificial rocks, housed on the lower floors of a South Korean mega mall, has been home to a female beluga whale for close to a decade.

• The whale was believed to be around two years old when she was captured by boats in Russian waters in 2013 and sold to the Lotte World Aquarium – the largest in Seoul, run by one of South Korea’s richest and largest conglomerates.

• …read the full story

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