Tuesday, March 25

Turkey has detained over 1,100 protestors and several journalists after the mayor of Istanbul, a major opposition leader to incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was arrested and put into jail recently.

Fact of the Day (Reader's Digest): Contrary to the common saying, "blind as a bat," bats are not blind. They can see perfectly fine, and they also use echolocation for hunting and getting around when it is too dark to see.

Quote of the Day (Gracious Quotes): I don’t know if I’m the best of the best. But I did know that if I quit, I wouldn’t be. (Chris Kyle)

Word of the Day (Merriam-Webster): Garble (verb, GAR-bul) - To garble something, such as a word, name, message, etc., is to cause it to be unclear or distorted. This type of garbling can be the result of an accident, ignorance, or a transmission error. Garble can also mean "to so alter or distort as to create a wrong impression or change the meaning."

In a Sentence: I was so nervous I garbled their names.