Episode 4: The Tuesday Anomaly

Tuesday, April 1st 2024

Surprise, surprise.

I know this is completely out of context, but I just finished lunch, played a round of foosball, and read something so ridiculous that I had to share it. Even though I have a ton of tasks at hand (to my manager reading this, I know the deadline is today, but this can’t wait), I simply couldn't let this one slide.

So instead of prepping a full breakdown, I did what any reasonable person would do—I let AI generate a cover while I sat here, spiralling into an existential crisis.

Yes, all the cool covers I do come from AI—shocking, right? Of course not.

Anyway, here’s the problem: My father—who still assumes double-tapping likes posts on every app—sent me this on Instagram. Yes, Instagram. Because apparently, WhatsApp is reserved for people who still type “Good Morning” with sunflowers and sparkles.

And now, I can’t stop thinking about it.

One Tuesday every year just… disappears.

(And that’s not even the weirdest part.)

It’s called The Tuesday Anomaly—a well-documented but rarely discussed quirk in our calendar system where one Tuesday quietly vanishes every year without anyone noticing.

Weird right? Let me explain

The Tuesday Anomaly

The phenomenon was first identified in 1987 by researchers at the Van der Helm Temporal Institute (VDHTI) in Utrecht, Netherlands. While analyzing timekeeping irregularities across corporate, governmental, and personal records, Dr. Emil Kvernes and his team noticed an unusual statistical drop in recorded activity—always on a Tuesday.

At first, they assumed it was human error. But after cross-referencing historical records dating back to the early 1800s, they found something unsettling:

One Tuesday every year just disappears

No emails, no important events, no weather records in some places. Even old handwritten journals have strange gaps where a Tuesday should be.

Dr. Kvernes, who previously consulted with NASA on timekeeping anomalies, described the discovery as “one of the most persistent and unexplainable blind spots in recorded time.”

"Our data suggests that, for reasons still unknown, one Tuesday per year fails to leave a traceable imprint in the historical record. This is not a computational error—it is a measurable absence."

Hold on, my friend needs a phone charger. I swear, the moment you carry two chargers, you don’t just own chargers anymore—you become the charger bank (could have said power bank :P ) . People start coming to you like you’re running a power-lending service. What’s next? Interest rates? Collateral? Anyway—

And the creepiest part? No one agrees on which Tuesday disappears.

Ask five people, and they’ll each have a different answer:

"Didn’t we have an extra Tuesday in March?"

"Wasn’t last week’s Tuesday weirdly short?"

"I swear something happened last Tuesday, but I can’t remember what."

There are theories.

Some believe it’s a leftover error from the transition to the Gregorian calendar in 1582, where several days were skipped to realign with astronomical time. Others think it’s a neurological adjustment, a subconscious "reset" our brains perform to maintain a sense of routine.

And then there’s the more unsettling theory—that one Tuesday per year is deliberately removed.

For what purpose? No one knows. But the next time you feel like time is slipping away, check the calendar.

Make sure all your Tuesdays are accounted for.

Because if one ever goes missing… you’ll never even know.

And if you made it this far without checking today’s date (or the date when this was posted) , well… that’s on you 😊