Sunday, January 26

Hamas has released an additional four hostages as part of their ceasefire deal with Israel, who have sent them over 200 prisoners of war in exchange.

Fact of the Day (Reader's Digest): Scientists believe that the extreme temperatures and intense pressures within planets like Uranus and Neptune can crush carbon atoms, causing it to rain diamonds. They have also discovered that it can occasionally rain diamonds on other gas giants like Saturn as well, and this could be a normal phenomenon throughout the universe.

Quote of the Day (Gracious Quotes): Life isn’t about finding yourself; it’s about creating yourself. So live the life you imagined. (Henry David Thoreau)

Word of the Day (Merriam-Webster): Nomenclature (noun, NOH-mun-klay-cher) - Nomenclature is a formal word that refers to a system of names that is used in specialized fields and especially in science. Nomenclature is also used more broadly as a synonym of name and designation.

In a Sentence: It took Faith, a trained herpetologist, a while to become familiar with the nomenclature used at the entomology conference.