1/27/26 - Hamsters, Cake, and Things You Used To Do That You Don't Today

Tuesday 1/27/26

Celebrate:

International Port Wine Day

National Chocolate Cake Day

National Geographic Day

National Plan for Vacation Day

Punch the Clock Day

Speak Up and Succeed Day

Thomas Crapper Day -  Thomas Crapper did not invent the toilet, but he did help perfect and popularize it.

Vietnam Peace Day

World Breast Pumping Day

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The flight landed safely, but chaos stayed behind. More than 130 hamsters escaped inside a TAP Air Portugal plane and turned the cargo hold into a hiding maze. The aircraft was grounded for four days as staff chased tiny runaways. One by one, they were caught, while the internet laughed at how a small animal delayed a giant machine.

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A new study found that an intensive seven-day meditation retreat causes measurable molecular changes in both the brain and the blood. The shift improves immune response and reduces inflammation markers significantly faster than previously thought.

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Lionel Richie & Earth, Wind & Fire Tour Get ready for the "Sing a Song All Night Long" Tour! These two legends have officially announced a joint North American run for Summer 2026. Presale tickets go live this morning at 10:00 AM local time, with the tour kicking off June 24th in St. Paul.

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A Reddit Question - What did people do casually in 90s that wouldn’t be accepted today?

(I feel many of these work for the 70s and 80s)

Showing up to peoples houses unannounced to see if they want to hang out

I use to stand in my neighbors back yard and scream his name until either him or his mom came out.

Pay out the ass to talk on the phone with someone in a different state.

-Or waited until after 7pm to call.

-or the weekend

Waiting for a certain time for a certain show and if you missed it you missed it

Danced without worrying about it being posted online. (or really anything)

Being completely unreachable

Printing out MapQuest directions and praying you didn't miss a turn because recalculating meant pulling over and crying.

Calling an automated number for the current time and temperature 

Getting the TV guide from the newspaper so you knew what was going to be on tv that week on the four channels we had access to.

Answer the phone and not know who was calling.

Loitering. You would just post up in publicish/private space to hang out and nobody thought twice about it. Outside of a late night diner, a stoop outside a church, parking lots, alleys, late night at park benches, basketball court belonging to a church or school. Nowadays cameras everywhere and private security keep people from just… hanging out.

The distances we traveled as kids would be considered absolutely terrifying to kids today. And we often did it on a bike. 

Without a phone. 

See the thread here.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1qn7aq7/what_did_people_do_casually_in_90s_that_wouldnt/

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Today's Useless Fact of the Day - National Chocolate Cake Day: A day to celebrate the cake that, according to polls, is the favorite of over 50% of the world's population.

In the 1800s, "chocolate cake" was actually a yellow cake meant to be eaten while drinking chocolate. The first actual chocolate-flavored cakes didn't appear until the late 1800s when Dr. James Baker discovered how to grind cocoa beans into powder.

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