POV: Learning why snooze is exactly 9 minutes (the famous story is fake)

June 3, 2026

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Daily Humor Jokes

Joke of the Day

How can you get high underwater?

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Word of the Day Vocabulary

Verisimilitude

/vair-ih-sih-MIL-ih-tood/

The novelist spent months researching 19th-century London to give her story the verisimilitude it needed.

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June 3 History

This Day in History

June 3: Ed White floated for 23 minutes above the Earth — then mission control told him it was time to come back in. He said it was the saddest moment of his life.

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Quote Inspiration

Quote of the Day

"It takes 20 years to make an overnight success."

— Eddie Cantor

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Mexican Chopped Cheese Sandwich

The Mexican Chopped Cheese Sandwich takes the legendary bodega classic and loads it with cumin and chili-spiced beef, melty cheddar, crisp lettuce, fresh tomato, and mayo on a toasted bun—bold, messy, and absolutely worth it.

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Amazing Fact Facts

Did You Know?

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You've hit that snooze button hundreds of times without ever questioning why it's exactly 9 minutes. Turns out there's a famous explanation for that number — and it's almost entirely fabricated. What actually happened is far more random, and what those extra 9 minutes are doing to your brain every morning is worse than you'd expect.

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