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It is Wednesday, December 27th, 2023.

On This Day In History — On this day in 1831, Charles Darwin set sail on the HMS Beagle, beginning the voyage on which he would formulate his theory of evolution.

Deal of the Day

Lucky Brand — Up to 80% Off

• Lucky Brand is getting in on the end of year discounts, and giving massive deals up to 80% off on a wide variety of clothes.

• Lucky Brand up to 80% off!

RetireHub Poll

Yesterday’s Poll Results — What Harry Potter house best describes your values?

With over 34% of the vote, Gryffindor was the most popular choice! (Shout out to the few Slytherins in the RetireHub audience!)

Thanks to everyone who voted!

Words of the Day

Finance Term: FHA mortgage

Definition: A mortgage offered by a private bank or lender that's insured by the Federal Housing Administration

Medical Term: LFTs

Definition: Liver function tests. Doctors usually check LFTs when starting or tweaking the dose of medicines that lower cholesterol.

Slang Word of the Day: Glow up

Definition: This means a makeover or transformation from bad to good.

Used in a Sentence: “It’s crazy what losing a 15 pounds can do for your glow up.”

Longevity Tip Of The Day

Find your purpose — Do you wake up looking forward to something? In a 2014 study published in the Lancet, researchers found that those with the highest sense of purpose were 30 percent less likely to die during the 8.5-year study period. In fact, doing something that matters — whether it’s helping your children or interacting in a community of like-minded folks — is correlated with seven extra years of life, according to researchers who study people in “blue zones,” areas of the world where folks live the longest.

What We’re Reading

Let Me Go, by Kate Bold

Price — $0.99 Free

Overview: With dark secrets from her past threatening her perfect life, Ashley Hope must protect her future from her ex-husband — whose desperation has turned him into a serial killer…

News of the Day

Man Joked About Throwing a Walmart Christmas Party and Thousands RSVPed. So He Made it a Toy Drive

• A New Jersey man had the rather unorthodox idea of throwing a party at the Walmart self-checkout counter. Perhaps driven by rage and cynicism, a bit of his motivation can be found in the event description on Facebook, which reads” celebrating another successful year of picking, paying, and bagging your own groceries while actual employees just stand around and check receipts.”

• When he saw that 21,000 people had marked the event as ‘interested,’ he decided to turn his cynicism into goodwill. Walmart was unwilling to host the event, but creator Andrew Delgado wasn’t going to give up so easily.

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FTC Moves to Update Rules That Govern How Tech Companies Can Track Your Kids

• 2023 featured a proposed update to the COPPA, or the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act which included limitations on the nudging of kids to stay online and reductions in the data collection of children while using their parent’s devices.

• The last update was in 2013 and dealt with social media and mobile devices (how quaint). This one will feature additional protections to ensure that children are not targeted by their online behavior.

• …read the full story

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