When a blockbuster movie couples its box-office success with an equally influential soundtrack, the film's cultural impact and staying power can amplify exponentially. And the dollars add up, too.

Soundtracks hold prominent spots in the Recording Industry Association of America's lists of the best-selling albums of all time.

While some soundtracks like the ones for "Titanic" and "The Bodyguard" were bolstered by giant hit singles — "My Heart Will Go On" by Celine Dion and "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston, respectively — others soundtracks like Prince's "Purple Rain" became classic albums in their own right.

Check out the best-selling movie soundtracks of all time in the US, ranked:  

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15. "The Song Remains the Same" (1976) — Led Zeppelin

Copies sold: 4 million

Notable songs: "Rock and Roll,""The Song Remains the Same"

14. "A Star Is Born" (1976) — Barbara Streisand & Kris Kristofferson

Copies sold: 4 million

Notable song:"Evergreen"

13. "High School Musical" (2006) — Various Artists

Copies sold: 4 million

Notable song: "Breaking Free"

Bridgewater isn't holding back.

"This series of videos that we've prepared for you are to give you a window into what it's like to be here, to scare you away if you're not the right kind of person, to potentially attract you if these ideas — if this way of being — is attractive for you," Greg Jensen, Bridgewater Associates co-CIO and 21-year veteran of the firm, said in a new video on Bridgewater's website, relaunched last week.

The video series reveals a surprisingly extensive amount of footage from within the company and even shows brief clips from recorded meetings, marking a big shift for the usually secretive hedge fund. Founder and co-CIO Ray Dalio even admits that its 18-month attrition rate is as high as 50% for new employees.

The relaunched site portrays Bridgewater in a new light: not scary and removed, but highly competitive and intriguingly unusual. The material has the feel of something a Silicon Valley giant like Facebook or Google, rather than a secretive hedge fund, would produce.

SEE ALSO: These are the personality tests you take to get a job at the world's largest hedge fund

Bridgewater is as well known for being the world's largest hedge fund — with $150 billion in assets and 1,700 employees — as it is for a unique culture that Dalio describes as being based on "radical truth" and "radical transparency."

Employees are encouraged to regularly dissect each other's thinking to determine the root of decision-making, to rate each other's performance using iPad apps, and to send an audio file to any person mentioned in a meeting — all meetings, with few exceptions, are digitally recorded with either audio or video. "Pain + Reflection = Progress" is a guiding phrase.

Dalio founded Bridgewater out of his apartment in 1975 and laid the foundation for its culture through the '80s, but it wasn't until he formalized his management approach in his guide, "Principles," made public in 2010, that the firm began regularly appearing in the media and facing scrutiny.

Critics have accused it of being "bizarre" and like a "cult;" in July, The New York Times published a story that highlighted a harassment claim by a former employee, including his allegation that the hedge fund was a "cauldron of fear and intimidation" (the employee later withdrew his complaint and moved to a new firm).

Dalio has consistently replied that his firm's culture is misunderstood, specifically calling that Times report a "distortion of reality."

The new recruiting material may be Bridgewater's biggest statement yet to defend how it operates.

Wealth inequality is a mounting issue in America. A new study from online real-estate broker Trulia provides insight into one potential driver of the wealth gap: real estate.

In its study, Trulia compared median home values in 1986 and 2016 for the 100 largest metro areas. They found that homes in the priciest US housing markets from 1986 gained value at a much higher rate over the past 30 years, growing comparatively even more expensive rather than converging with other cities.  

Homeowners in California metros like San Francisco, San Jose, and Orange County — three of the most expensive housing markets in both 1986 and 2016 — have experienced an appreciation in home value of at least 299% over the past three decades on average. Metro areas like Rochester, New York, and Wichita, Kansas, fared significantly worse, with homeowners getting less than a 90% return on home value over the same period — the lowest figures in the study.

In short: Rich homeowners are getting richer, and average homeowners aren't.

Real estate in the West (in metros in California, Oregon, Washington, and Hawaii) earned the highest return, taking the nine top spots in Trulia's ranking. Trulia concluded that income growth and new housing construction are likely contributors to the growth of a region's housing market — two factors that are abundant on the West Coast. 

Read on for the top 10 cities where homeowners have gained the highest return on home value over the past 30 years.

SEE ALSO: Here's the salary you have to earn to buy a home in 19 major US cities

10. Miami, Florida

1986 median home value: $62,385

2016 median home value: $249,326

Return:299.7%

9. San Diego, California

1986 median home value: $114,414

2016 median home value: $502,015

Return:338.8%

8. Los Angeles, California

1986 median home value: $116,061

2016 median home value: $520,060

Return:348.1%

Most people look at thrift store art and see trash. Dave Pollot sees opportunity.

By day, Pollot works as a software programmer. At night, he turns thrift store artwork into the kind of nostalgia-laced magic you see above.

SEE ALSO: Here’s what happens when an artist who knows nothing about Pokémon attempts to draw them

Pollot hasn't always been doing this; he used to paint more traditional subjects.

"Before I began repurposing discarded thrift art, I painted more 'serious' architectural paintings and landscapes. While I loved this, I found that I got bored very quickly (which resulted in about three completed paintings a year),"Pollot explained on his website.

But between his wife's love for thrift store shopping and his passion for pop culture, a new concept was born.

Pollot spoke with Business Insider via email. "I paint pop culture parodies of the things that I know and love," he said. "Gaming was a big part of my childhood, so you'll definitely see a lot of classic video game paintings, but movies, television, sci-fi, and tech also make up a large part of what I've done."

After choosing a painting from his collection of thrift art, he spends anywhere from 8 to 36 hours transforming the work.

"It very much depends on the size and complexity of the piece, but generally somewhere between 8 and 36 hours," he said.

Pollot doesn't do this full-time; his day job is programming. "Perhaps someday I'll be painting full-time, but for now it's really nice that there's no pressure on the artwork," he told us.

I loved the movie "Her." It does a great job imagining what the future might be like.

One of my favorite aspects of "Her" is how everyone communicates with their computers using tiny, wireless earbuds. They're used for alarms, listening to music, calling people, or just talking to your own personal digital assistant.

That future isn't too far off, it seems.

Jabra, which makes headphones and headsets, announced a new pair of earbuds on Thursday that are truly wireless.

SEE ALSO: Ex-Apple engineers are making incredible tech for your car — here's their first product

Meet the Jabra Elite Sport, the company's first pair of truly wireless earbuds.

You can use these earbuds to answer phone calls, activate Siri or Google Now, track your workouts, or listen to music — controls for play, pause, and track forward and backward are all right on the buds. It all works over Bluetooth.

These earbuds are packed with sensors, including an accelerometer and a heart rate monitor, to track your movements.

Tropical Storm Hermine hit Florida on Friday, dumping rain on the state along with Georgia and the Carolinas.

Hurricane season, which lasts from June to the end of November for the Atlantic Ocean, has seen plenty of catastrophic storms throughout history.

Here's a look at some of the deadliest, most horrific storms that have hit the US over the past century.

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Hurricane Hugo, 1989: 21 deaths

Hurricane Hugo made landfall as a Category 4 storm in South Carolina. It caused 21 deaths in the US and resulted in $7.1 billion of damage. At the time, it was the costliest storm in US history.

Tropical Storm Allison, 2001: 41 deaths

While not an official hurricane, Allison clocks in as the costliest and deadliest tropical storm in US history, causing 41 deaths and costing more than $5 billion in damage. The storm started over the Gulf of Mexico near Texas, then traveled east, causing floods like the one pictured here in Houston, Texas.

Hurricane Irene, 2011: 45 deaths

Hurricane Irene made landfall in the US in North Carolina as a Category 1 storm. The storm eventually made its way up to New York City, bringing flooding — like the kind pictured here from Irene's catastrophic visit to Puerto Rico — and causing $7.3 billion in damage overall. 

Stanford University once again claimed a top spot on Business Insider's annual ranking of the best colleges in America, coming it at No. 4 for 2016. Referred to as the Ivy of the West, Stanford earned a top spot for a number of reasons: it provides a quality education and graduates students on time, it sets graduates up to earn well-paying jobs early in their career, and it creates a memorable and enjoyable campus experience. (You can read about the methodology in detail here.)

Stanford is the best college in the American West, but it isn't the only school in the region to make the list. In fact, when we expanded our ranking to the top 100 schools in the country, 14 of the best colleges in the US are located in the West. What's more, California is home to 13 of those schools (the other is in Washington state), including several private universities and four University of California (UC) schools.

Read on for the full list of the best colleges in the West.

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14. University of San Diego

Location: San Diego, California

Median salary 10 years after enrolling: $56,300

Average SAT score: 1228

Student life score: A-

The University of San Diego was established in 1949 when the San Diego College for Women merged with the College for Men, creating one of today’s leading Catholic educational institutions. Also a leader in international study, more than 70% of USD students live and study abroad through 135 programs in 44 countries.

13. University of California at Davis

Location: Davis, California

Median salary 10 years after enrolling: $57,100

Average SAT score: 1192

Student life score: A

UC Davis, the northernmost University of California campus, is located just two hours from the Bay Area and is considered one of the most popular feeder schools for Silicon Valley tech companies. Nearly 26,500 undergraduates attend Davis, 21% of which study in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, a top-ranking, nationally recognized program in the fields of agriculture and forestry.

12. Loyola Marymount University

Location: Los Angeles, California

Median salary 10 years after enrolling: $55,600

Average SAT score: 1202

Student life score: A

One of the largest Catholic universities in the West, Loyola Marymount University combines tradition and ministry with a rigorous academic curriculum. The 105-year-old school neighbors Silicon Beach, the Southern California counterpart to Silicon Valley, where students have access to internships and employment at hundreds of startups and tech companies, including giants like Microsoft, Snapchat, Facebook, and Google.

On the search for a new job in finance? Then you may want to check out openings at Citi or Wells Fargo.

Those banks are doing some of the heaviest hiring right now for jobs that pay six figures a year, according to Indeed.

The job search engine recently compiled a list of big US banks trying to fill the most full-time jobs that pay over $100,000. The salary data is a combination of company and user input.

Here are the 10 financial-services companies with the largest number of job openings right now for high-paying jobs:

SEE ALSO: The highest-paying companies in the US outside of tech

9 (tie). Bank of America

Job openings (for positions paying over $100,000 a year): 104

Founded in 1904, the Charlotte, North Carolina-based company now has over 200,000 employees.

9 (tie). Wells Fargo

Job openings (for positions paying over $100,000 a year): 104

The financial-services company, founded in 1852, employs about 265,000 people.

8. BNP Paribas

Job openings (for positions paying over $100,000 a year): 127

The French multinationalbank employs close to 200,000 people around the globe.

Donald Trump doubled down on his promises to build a wall along the US-Mexico border, saying, "We will build a great wall along the southern border" in speech on Wednesday evening.

Trump has promoted the wall as a part of a solution to cross-border crime and to illegal immigration.

But just a few days before Trump's awkward meeting with the Mexican president and his speech, an example of one of the plan's key flaws emerged: a tunnel.

A bi-national inspection of an underground drainage system in Nogales, Arizona, came across a partially constructed tunnel extending from a cemetery in Sonora, Mexico, into US territory.

Inside the tunnel, agents discovered digging tools, power cords, and a gas-powered generator. Hundreds of such passages have been found since the 1990s, many of them around Nogales.

None of this is exceptional.

“Drug traffickers love using tunnels,” journalist Ioan Grillo told Business Insider earlier this year. “The Mexico-US border is like a block of cheese with holes in it, with tunnels across it.”

The “US-Mexico border is literally riddled with tunnels,” Mike Vigil, the former head of international operations at the Drug Enforcement Administration and author of"Deal," told Business Insider in April.

“They have to move those drugs across the border and probably the most secure method is through the use of tunnels.”

Traffickers have dug tunnels all along the 2,000-mile frontier between the US and Mexico.

The hard-to-detect nature of those passages, and the highly lucrative cargos that pass through them, ensure that there will always be more to find.

SEE ALSO: 'It doesn't matter how tall of a wall you put up': Trump's border-wall plan is still full of holes

“Many, many years ago, they were very unsophisticated. They weren't very long. They were relatively short,” Vigil said. The first so-called narco tunnel was built in 1989, by the Sinaloa cartel of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán.

Source: The New Yorker

"You look at some tunnels which are very, very basic, and I've been to look at some of these from the US side," Grillo said. "And you see that they're quite basic, you know, shovel, get in there, and kind of dig through under the border quite basically."

Over the past 25 years, authorities have found 181 narco tunnels under the US-Mexican border, according to The New Yorker. Most of those have been short, narrow passages, or "gopher holes."

Source: The New Yorker

When you're aboard a military-grade fixed or rotary-winged aircraft, you're most likely out on a mission and won't always have time or the inclination to take in some of the scenic views. 

Whether they're giving medical aid during a "dustoff," or providing suppressing fire from a gunship, crewmembers from a variety of aircraft can have one of the most hazardous jobs in the military — which is why some of the following scenes can only be experienced from this exclusive group. 

We've compiled 19 photos of just a glimpse of the conditions that some of these crewmembers operate in.

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A US Marine Corps crew chief scans for insurgent activity during a general support flight over Helmand province, Afghanistan.

The reflection of the Black Forest fire can be seen from a Colorado National Guard crew chief's helmet in a US Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter near Colorado Springs, Colorado.

A 'Bambi Bucket' attached to a Texas National Guard CH-47 dumps water on a blaze nearing a structure at Bastrop, Texas.

The early birds will inherit the earth.

At least, that's what a 2009 University of Leipzig study found. The researchers concluded that "morning people were more proactive than evening types."

However, being an effective early riser isn't just about waking up before everyone else. It's about putting yourself in a positive mindset and getting important things done before everyone else.

So there's no point in setting your alarm clock at a crazy early time if you're just going to zone out in front of the television for a bit before slouching off to work.

In order to to start your day right, you've got to get into some good habits.

Here are seven morning rituals that may seem hard to adopt, but will ultimately reap major rewards, if you stick with them:

Jenna Goudreau contributed to a previous version of this article.

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Make a plan the night before

This isn't a morning ritual, per se, but it's a habit that's definitely conducive to a productive morning routine.

So make sure to set yourself up for a successful morning by creating a game plan the night before.

It's always helpful to have everything you need for the day laid out and ready to go when you wake up. Make sure you're stocked on whatever you need for breakfast. Write out a little schedule on what you need to accomplish the next day.

This all sounds pretty simple, but when you're getting home at night, it's very tempting to just crash on the sofa with a glass of wine and leave all the thinking for tomorrow.

Wake up painfully early

Sorry, night owls. It's time to adapt.

In a poll of 20 executives cited by Laura Vanderkam, a time-management expert and the author of "What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast," 90% said they wake up before 6 a.m. on weekdays. PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi, for example, wakes at 4 a.m. and is in the office no later than 7 a.m. Meanwhile, Disney CEO Bob Iger gets up at 4:30 to read, and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is up at 5:30 to jog.

Yes, this might sound awful, but if you get to sleep earlier, that'll numb the pain of such early wake ups over time.

The bottom line: Productive mornings start with early wake-up calls.

Start the day right with exercise

Yeah, there are those super humans among us who crave that pre-sunrise workout (or are they just really good liars). Still, for everyone else, waking up at the crack of dawn to sweat and get sore probably doesn't sound ideal.

However, the morning is probably the ideal time to exercise. By starting your day with exercise, you'll prevent yourself from putting it off.

Think about it this way — if some of the busiest people in the world can find time to workout, so can you. For example, Vanderkam notes that Xerox CEO Ursula Burns schedules an hour-long personal training session at 6 a.m. twice a week.

US President Barack Obama starts out each day with strength and cardio training while Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey does three repetitions of a seven-minute workout, as Anisa Purbasari reported for Business Insider.

"These are incredibly busy people," says Vanderkam. "If they make time to exercise, it must be important."

According to a recent millennial leadership survey from The Hartford, 80% of millennials see themselves as leaders today.

Yet only 12% of Gen Y held management roles in 2013; and less than a third of The Hartford’s sample reported that they're currently business leaders.

Maybe we're entitled and delusional. Or maybe, explained millennial expert and author of "Becoming the Boss,"Lindsey Pollak, we have a progressive understanding of what it means to be a leader. "Millennials believe they can lead from whatever position they're in," she said. We know we don’t need an official title to impact our organization.

But if millennials really are leading from behind, why aren't we getting promoted?

If you're ambitious but stuck on Level 1, below are six possible reasons. (Warning, tough love ahead.)

SEE ALSO: 4 personality types that make successful entrepreneurs

1. You overwork

Slade Sundar, COO of Forte Interactive, Inc., observed that working 60-80 workweeks actually "devalues the work an employee does, because it shifts the measurement from results and quality to time and quantity."

When an employee's work is measured simply by how much time she puts in, she seems cheaper and more expendable—"someone who is willing to do twice the work for half the salary."

Promoting her would thus ironically oppose the interests of the company. As a result, over-dedicated employees are "rewarded" not with a promotion but with more work at the same pay.

On the other hand, one survey revealed that 71% of managers didn't promote employees because they were unwilling to take on additional responsibilities. Jennifer Dulski, president and COO of Change.org, speculated that employees who volunteer to do work outside the scope of their roles are "the most likely to be promoted."

When you're considering how to balance managing your time with new responsibilities, ask yourself where you'll be most able to demonstrate leadership and problem solving abilities. Sundar explained, "We don't hire people to create widgets anymore, we hire people to solve problems. Widget Makers are expendable, Problem Solvers are not." To get promoted, wrote Sundar, "you'll need to prove you're more than just a nose-to-the-grindstone type."

2. You're incurious

The least attractive quality in an employee — or anyone, really — is thinking you know everything.

If you're prone to being a know-it-all, start asking questions. Famed Silicon Valley executive Guy Kawasaki blogged that the key to great schmoozing is to "Ask good questions, then shut up." If you get others to talk instead, "Ironically, you'll be remembered as an interesting person."

Then do your homework — over and over again. Leadership is the "10,000 hours thing," said Pollak. It requires "wanting to read and learn and be curious about the topic, loving what you're talking about."

If you don't know where to start, Pollak suggests, "Learn from watching people who are good at it. Take classes, learn public speaking, observe difficult conversations." Curiosity is, at its core, a product of engagement.

If you start to feel bored by your investigation, that's a sign you should pick another reign.

3. You're agreeable

I once had a boss whose confrontational communication style led several employees to leave the company. Noticing that these employees tended to be soft-spoken and acquiescent, I resolved to stand my ground in my new role. My boss admired that I (respectfully) challenged him, and he quickly identified me as "leadership potential."

Statistics support my story: Researchers at the University of Notre Dame found that less agreeable employees earned an average of 18% more annually than their agreeable coworkers. Those who demonstrated more agreeable traits were, conversely, less likely to receive promotions. Research also shows that we tend to think agreeable men will make worse leaders.

Why?

Art Markman, Founding Director of the Program in the Human Dimensions of Organizations at the University of Texas at Austin, explains that "While some managers may want to surround themselves with people who obediently agree, most want those who will find the flaws in a plan before it is implemented." Less agreeable people offer this needed skepticism.

If you tend toward people pleasing, Markman suggests considering potential flaws in ideas that come your way at work. Or internalize this: always agreeing doesn't make you a good employee, or a good person for that matter.

As airlines around the world search for higher revenues and increased profitability, the effect on the passenger experience has not been overly positive, to say the least. Even though airliners have not been getting any larger, their passenger carrying capacity has been growing steadily. Airlines have achieved this by cutting down the size of lavatories and the amount room between seats. (This is also known as seat pitch.)

Using data from TripAdvisor's SeatGuru as well as from airlines themselves, we've compiled a rundown on the amount of seat pitch offered in the economy-class cabins of the nation's major airlines. This includes America's three major legacy carriers along with boutique airlines such as JetBlue and Virgin America, as well as ultra-low-cost operators such as Spirit and Frontier.

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American Airlines

American Airlines generally offers 31 to 32 inches of seat pitch in its economy cabin. Although it does operate some of its Airbus A319s and Boeing 757s with 30 inches of pitch. 

Delta Air Lines

Like American, Delta is also operates a fleet with 31 to 32 inches of seat pitch on most of its planes. However, the airline does operate some Airbus A319s, A320s, Boeing 757s, and McDonnell-Douglas MD90s with 30 to 31 inches of pitch. 

United Airlines

United Airlines also operates a fleet with mostly 31 to 32 inches of seat pitch. At the same time, it does operate some Boeing 737, Airbus A319, Bombardier CRJ700, and Q400 aircraft with 30 inches of pitch. 

Most of us have at least one coworker we can't stand. Maybe it's because they chew loudly. Perhaps it's because they bully the innocent interns. 

Whatever the reason, it can be difficult to work alongside someone who you find annoying, unprofessional, or just plain rude.

Luckily, there are ways to tackle the many varieties of obnoxious people, says Lynn Taylor, a national workplace expert and the author of "Tame Your Terrible Office Tyrant: How to Manage Childish Boss Behavior and Thrive in Your Job." 

"But it takes patience, tact, and the ability to see the big picture," she told Business Insider.

Here are 22 types of coworkers you absolutely can't stand — and how to deal with each of them:

SEE ALSO: 24 signs you have a terrible boss

1. Blabbermouths

Office and personal phone calls — especially with significant others — music, and repetitive noises can easily drive anyone nuts.

"Consider approaching the noise offender privately, using as much diplomacy as you can muster," says Taylor. "You also have several defensive moves: wearing headsets; putting up a 'quiet zone' sign as needed; and remember to take breaks. (And make sure you assess your own chatter meter before you approach others.)"

2. Gossip mongers

"Some workers love being known as the office gossip, as it is a warped view of 'information is power,'" says Taylor. "Politely excuse yourself from the rumor mill, explaining you have work to do. If you're captive, give neutral responses, like, 'I try not to get involved with that stuff.'"

3. Chompers, slurpers, and coughers

The list doesn't stop there.

"There are sneezers, throat clearers, and much more," says Taylor. "Talk to your fellow worker in private."

Try asking if they feel all right — which is a nice gesture, but also a way to let them know that you notice the annoying sounds they're projecting.

Stock markets globally are worth more than $70 trillion (£52.5 trillion), with investors buying and selling enormous values of shares every day in locations from Papua New Guinea all the way to Barbados. Some markets however, are worth an awful lot more than others.

We have used data from the World Federation of Exchanges to compile the 17 exchanges globally that have a market capitalisation of over $1 trillion, making them the most valuable exchanges in the world. All data is from July 2016.

Understandably, well-known markets like the New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ, and London Stock Exchange rank among the most valuable exchanges, while several in China and other emerging markets also feature.

Check out the list below.

17. Johannesburg Stock Exchange — $1.07 trillion. Johannesburg entered the $1 trillion club for the first time in July, increasing in value from $997 billion. Listed firms on the JSE include Anglo American and financial services firm Investec.

16. NASDAQ Nordic Exchanges — $1.28 trillion. NASDAQ Nordic operates a series of exchanges in northern Europe, including the Copenhagen, Stockholm, and Helsinki exchanges. Volvo and clothing giant H&M are both listed on NASDAQ's Nordic exchanges.

15. Australian Securities Exchange — $1.31 trillion. The biggest stock market in Oceania, the ASX features many huge mining firms, including giant Aussie firm BHP Billiton.

By 2005, the popular "Resident Evil" series of zombie horror games desperately needed a facelift. The first three games were excellent for their time, but time kept moving.

"Resident Evil 4" changed everything, not just for the series, but for the genre as a whole. What was originally a Nintendo GameCube exclusive has since been re-released on every platform imaginable, with a spruced up HD version coming out on PS4 and Xbox One this week.

Here's how the horror classic looks in its newest form:

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In "Resident Evil 4," you step into the shoes of Leon S. Kennedy, one of the heroes of "Resident Evil 2." The former cop has to rescue the president's daughter, who has been kidnapped by a cult and taken to rural Spain.

Instead of fighting zombies, "Resident Evil 4" changes things up by having Leon fight the local populace. Thanks to a mysterious virus, they've all become mindlessly hostile towards Leon.

The virus also has some...unfortunate side effects on its host.

For many people, mornings are the worst— and people who vocally love mornings are supremely annoying.

You know that chipper coworker you can't stand? The one who is always brightly wishing everyone a wonderful day and talking about all the things they accomplished at 4 a.m., while you shambled into work after oversleeping and can barely talk before your first coffee?

Well, they're actually onto something.

Morning people definitely have an edge, professionally. Just ask Tim Cook, Indra Nooyi, and Jack Dorsey.

So, how can you become an angel of the morning? Getting into a strict morning routine might feel punishing at first, but it'll pay off in the long run.

Want proof that it's worth waking up earlier and tackling your morning head on? Here are 11 scientific facts about morning people that may inspire you to start dragging yourself out of bed before the sun's up:

SEE ALSO: 12 bedtime habits of unsuccessful people

You'll have a more successful career

How do you succeed in life and business? Start waking up early.

As the Harvard Business Review previously reported, biologist Christoph Randler discovered that "people whose performance peaks in the morning are better positioned for career success, because they're more proactive than people who are at their best in the evening."

In his survey of 367 college students, the morning people were more likely to establish long range goals and become more proactive.

You'll stop procrastinating

Morning people don't put off till tomorrow what they can do today.

Writing for Fast Co Design, Eric Jaffe reported that one 1997 DePaul University study found that evening people are far more likely to be procrastinators. A subsequent 2007 study also found that "evening type" adolescents are more likely to procrastinate and struggle academically.

Procrastination is a bad habit to get into. It can really hamper your professional and personal development. So if that's a problem for you, try becoming a morning person.

It'll benefit you as you age

Unsurprisingly, researchers found that young adults tend to not be early birds in a paper published in "Emotion." However, several reports discovered that "greater morningness tendencies among older adults may contribute to their improved well-being relative to younger adults."

So get into good habits while you're young and you'll reap the benefits when you're older.

As they say, birds of a feather flock together, which might help explain why so many teachers wind up marrying other teachers or why farmers tend to marry farmers.

But not all occupations see common matchups between people with the same or similar jobs.

By scanning US Census Bureau data covering 3.5 million households, Bloomberg compiled this interactive chart that shows how people are pairing up by profession.

You'd be better off explaining these matchups with another old cliché — perhaps opposites do attract:

SEE ALSO: 7 ways being married influences your success

DON'T MISS: People with these jobs are the most likely to marry each other

CEOs

Male CEOs who marry women are most likely to marry elementary- and middle-school teachers.

Flight attendants

Female flight attendants who marry men are most likely to marry managers.

Male flight attendants who marry men are most likely to marry elementary- and middle-school teachers.

Registered nurses

Female registered nurses who marry men are most likely to marry managers.

Whether it's this insane election year or the everyday stress of work or waiting until Hollywood unloads its best dramatic work later in the year, now is as good a time as ever to get a good laugh from one of the best comedies ever made.

Thankfully, Netflix has some great comedies that you can watch right now to brighten up your day.

Whether it's a classic like “Pee-wee's Big Adventure” or the new addition to the streaming giant, "Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey," there’s something to stream for all comedy tastes.

Here are the 23 best comedies streaming on Netflix:

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1. “Adventureland”

Nothing beats a good coming-of-age romantic comedy, and this is one of the better ones. Directed by Greg Mottola ("Superbad"), it follows James (Jesse Eisenberg), working his summer job at a broken-down amusement park, who encounters a summer crush (Kristen Stewart).  

2. "Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey"

The sequel to "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure," featuring the pleasant doofuses Bill S. Preston, Esq. (Alex Winter) and Ted "Theodore" Logan (Keanu Reeves), is worthy of the original hit, with robot versions of the duo out to destroy them. Oh, and Death makes an appearance.

3. “Burke and Hare”

One of John Landis' most underappreciated movies, this morbidly comic look at the infamous West Port murders stars Simon Pegg and Andy Serkis as the duo who grave-robbed to make some extra coin. But through Landis' lens, they are bumbling fools who, in their quest to make a quick buck, fall into some very gory situations.

A highlight is seeing Serkis act in the flesh. He's known best for being the man behind the CGI creations Gollum in the "Lord of the Rings" and most recently Caesar in "The Planet of the Apes" movies.

If you live in the US, your grocery store bill may look lower than normal.

Food prices have fallen 1.6% nationwide since July 2015, according to a new USDA report.

As the Wall Street Journal notes, the US is on track to have the longest stretch of falling food prices in over 50 years. The current food-price slump soon could beat the nine months of declines experienced in 2009 and 2010, which was the longest stretch since 1960, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The price drop is great for consumers, but not so much for farmers and grocery stores, which have been feeling financial strain.

But low prices might not last. The USDA predicts food prices may increase up to 2% throughout 2017 — though this is still below the 2.5% average annual price increase.

In the meantime, check out the five food categories that are cheaper than last year, and their outlook for 2017.

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Beef and veal.

Price compared to July 2015: Down 7.7%

USDA prediction for the rest of 2016: Down 4% to 5%

Prediction for 2017: Up 2% to 3%

Declining US beef exports helped increase the supply of beef in the US, leading to a surplus of beef — and thus lower prices. Favorable climate conditions and lower feed prices also allowed farmers to feed cattle longer throughout the year.

Poultry.

Price compared to July 2015: Down 3.4%

USDA prediction for the rest of 2016: Down 1% to 2%

Prediction for 2017: Up 1.5% to 2.5%

Grocery prices for poultry, including chicken and turkey, have remained low, partly due to declining US exports of broilers (birds raised specifically for meat production). After a strain of avian flu hit broilers in 2015, some countries, like China and South Korea, instituted full or partial bans on US poultry exports. These led to a poultry surplus in US markets, the USDA reports.

Pork.

Price compared to July 2015: Down 1.9%

USDA prediction for the rest of 2016: Down 0.5% to 1.5%

Prediction for 2017: Up 0% to 1%

In 2014, the Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus lowered the number of hogs available for production. In 2015 and the first half of 2016, however, pork prices fell below 2014 numbers, largely due to industry expansion and a lower volume of pork exports — thanks to the rising strength of the US dollar.