Wednesday 1/3/24
Celebrate:
Festival of Sleep Day
Humiliation Day
J.R.R. Tolkien Day
National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day
National Drinking Straw Day
National Write to Congress Day
Women Rock! Day
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Hollywood hasn't reached its pre-pandemic revenues north of $11 billion, but thanks in part to the phenomena of Mario, Barbenheimer, and The Eras Tour, 2023 was the closest yet, with $9 billion. "We're climbing our way back," said one Warner Bros. executive, no doubt pleased at 2023 closing with WB's Wonka atop the box office.
It should also be noted that there were 20 fewer released movies than in 2019. 2024 will struggle as well due to last year's strikes.
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Baby Boomers, Millenials, Gen X...now....Gen Alpha — born between 2010 and 2024 — is expected to be the largest in history at more than 2 billion people. Dubbed iPad kids, they are the only generation born fully in the 21st century.
Mostly the children of millennials, their immediate predecessors belong to Gen Z, who could overtake Baby Boomers in the workplace in 2024.
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From Wired.com on New Years Resolutions -
The first and most important part of changing something in your life is to forget the resolutions and forget the goals. Think instead of creating a system that allows you to do what you want to do.
No matter what your system is, do a little bit more than last time, even if it's only a tiny bit more. Read 21 pages instead of 20 pages, walk for 11 minutes instead of 10, and so on. Incremental progress is the goal.
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From USAToday
Welcome to 2024 where the King of Rock and Roll has been dethroned by the Mastermind Queen, Taylor Swift. Swift takes the record for the solo artist with the most weeks spent on top of the Billboard 200 albums chart.
With "1989 (Taylor's Version)" maintaining a stronghold at number one, Swift surpassed Elvis Presley's 67-week record with 68 weeks, Billboard announced on New Year's Eve.
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We're nostalgic about all sorts of stuff, from movies and TV shows to how simple life was before the Internet. But what's something you think we'll be nostalgic about 20 YEARS from now, in 2043?
Someone polled thousands of Americans, and the top answer was
1. Smartphones. 52% think we'll be nostalgic. Like, "Remember when we all had iPhones? It was before they were implanted directly into your HEAD."
2. Trending music on TikTok, 43%. That includes songs that are used and re-used in videos, like the infamous "Oh No" song.
3. Bootcut jeans and flares, 43%. They've gone in and out of style since the '70s.
4. Working from home, 34%. So we'll all be back in the office by 2043?
5. Crop tops, 22%. Again, not new. They were also popular in the '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s . . . pretty much always.
6. Virtual reality and augmented reality apps like "Pokémon Go", 15%.
Now, a few quick stats on what Americans are CURRENTLY nostalgic for
1. In general, we're the most nostalgic about our teen and tween years. Specifically, stuff we experienced between the ages of 11 and 20.
2. No matter how old you are, the top three things we're nostalgic for are fashion, slang, and famous actors from our heyday.
3. By decade, the top shows we're nostalgic about are: 1980s, "Cheers" . . . 1990s, "Baywatch" . . . and early 2000s, "Breaking Bad".
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If you're a morning person, it might be because you're part Neanderthal. Our ancient ancestors got it on with them, and we still have up to 4% Neanderthal DNA. A study found a lot of those leftover bits affect genes that govern our internal clock, and certain variants make you more likely to be a morning person.
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Do you and your mom have birthdays in the same month? A study found it's common. You're about 5% more likely to be born the same month as your mother. Spouses are also about 4% more likely to share the same birth month.
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Today's Useless Fact of the Day - About 35% of people never get their wisdom teeth.
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