Hello,
There are no April Fool’s jokes in this newsletter.
Here's what I have published on the blog:
Here's the best of what I have published on Medium (free to access from this email):
How a 25-Year-Old Student Built a Multi-Million Bikini Brand From Her Bedroom
Why the Same Piece of Bread Is Cheaper in Latvia Than In Finland
34 Alternative Ways to Treat Traumas Other Than Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
Here's the cool stuff I have learned:
The gunpowder empires designate the three early modern Muslim empires: the Ottoman Empire (Turkey), the Safavid Empire (Iran), and the Mughal Empire (Northern India).
As more people are struggling to sleep, sleep tourism will grow at an annual 8% rate until 2028 to be worth $400 billion.
New AI budgeting app called Copilot (only available in the US) replaced Mint which was shut down on the 23rd of March. Europeans can try Bilance. To be honest, I don’t see the point of these apps when you can use Revolut.
Botox and fillers represent 40% of all cosmetic surgeries for both men and women.
Lego is the biggest tire manufacturer in the world with 306 million units produced every year.
China is banning Intel and AMD microchips from governmental devices as the US may ban TikTok.
Stretching your muscles gives them more flexibility during the effort but the gains stop after 10 minutes of inactivity. To experience long-term results, you should stretch everyday for 10 minutes. Stretching also helps you become more pain-tolerant.
Speaking of stretching, my stint in Portugal introduced me to hatha yoga of which I’ve become addicted. I do this ritual every day before going to sleep and sleep much better as a result.
Ozempic, currently sold for $1k/shot, can be made for less than $5/month.
In 2021, I wrote the billionaire series whose José Neves, the founder of Farfetch, the Amazon of Luxury, was a part of. Farfetch eventually went bankrupt and sold to a South Korean e-commerce company for $500 million. Every other luxury e-com platform has been struggling as people would rather shop luxury items in person than online.
Egypt has been building a new capital in the desert since 2016 to move out of Cairo. It will house 6.5 million people or more and cost $58 billion. It’s being built by China.
Mexico is building a $29 billion, 1.5k km (960 miles) train line called Maya Tren.
The robot company Boston Dynamics and the jetpack company Gravity are teaming up to build flying robots.
My theory about the origin of the fear surrounding nuclear energy is that it comes from its name: nuclear. Nuclear would benefit from a better reputation if it was called something else. Source.
Take care.
Aure :)