When I open my macbook, why is a different program in the foreground than when I closed it?

Hi all. I was curious as to why whenever I open my macbook pro, a different program is running in the foreground than whatever was there when I closed it. Not a major issue, just really confusing. It's always a progam I had open, but always a different one each time. For instance, I will close the computer with Safari in the foreground and when I open it Mail will be in the foreground.

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Test this in another user account and see if the issue still occurs.

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