^(They call it inemuri sleeping at your desk is known as inemuri ("sleeping while present"), and it is often viewed as a sign of extreme dedication and hard work, not laziness. This cultural practice indicates an employee has worked to exhaustion, acting as a "badge of honor" for commitment.)
Did you know there’s a HIGH chance your favorite chocolate company is a remelt of a sister company owned by Reese’s? I worked as a chocolatier at a smaller chocolate factory for a year and a half, we would ship in from Germany 1000 pound pallets of chocolate owned by a sister company of Reeses, melt it down, and make it into “our” chocolate bars, use it for truffles, make fudge with it. EVERYTHING. I thought it was super strange when I first got into it until I found out EVERY CHOCOLATE company does it.
Did you know NASA once turned data from a black hole into actual sound you can hear? It’s not sound in space itself, but translated vibrations picked up from gas around the black hole. The result is a deep, haunting hum that feels straight out of a sci-fi movie. It’s one of the creepiest and most fascinating things scientists have shared with the public. Space is way more intense than we usually imagine.
https://www.nasa.gov/mission/hubble/science/black-hole-sound/
So, I wanted to eat a bagel today, but I couldn't. So, I just toasted bread and put cream cheese on it. When I took a toast off the plate to eat, it fell out of my hand! But because it didn't have butter, it didn't land back on the plate on the side with the cream cheese, thus keeping the spread safe!
Just thought this would at least give someone a quick laugh.
According to the 2023 Global Slavery Index by Walk Free, Saudi Arabia has the highest prevalence of modern slavery in the Arab States and among G20 nations.
Today (April 10) is day 100 of 2026. That feels crazy, no?