Satellite images released by the UN on Wednesday revealed the extent of the damage the northern Syria city has experienced since a cease-fired brokered by the US and Russia fell apart and punishing Syrian and Russian airstrikes continued.

The photos come as the Syrian government accelerates its offensive against opposition-held areas, led by government troops and their allies attacking the city from the south. The UN estimates that 275,000 people are trapped in opposition-controlled areas under siege by the government of Syrian dictator Bashar Assad.

"Since the cease-fire has broken down, you certainly see an awful lot of new damage," said Lars Bromley, a research adviser at the UN's Operational Satellite Applications Program (UNOSAT), according to the Associated Press.

The new photos show extensive destruction in the rebel-held eastern portions of the city.

Hundreds of civilians and at least 100 children have been killed in recent violence, according to the UN and other advocacy groups.

The images show mostly "formerly blasted and blown-up areas" during Syria's 5-and-1/2-year war "experiencing a great deal of additional damage," Bromley said. 

"To a certain extent you're looking at rubble being pushed around," he added.

Syrian government operations in Aleppo have picked up in the wake of failed cease-fire authored by the US and Russia. That cease-fire broke down in mid-September, around the time of an attack on a UN aid convoy headed to the city.

The top US military officer, Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford, told a Senate committee last week that he believes Russia bombed the convoy and said Syrian and Russian aircraft were in the area at the time, according to the AP. Russia and Syria have denied that they were responsible for the strike, with Russia saying the damage was caused by a cargo fire.

SEE ALSO: Watch a US-led coalition airstrike send an ISIS weapons facility in western Iraq up in flames

This satellite image released by the UN shows a damaged industrial area of the Karm ad-Da'Da' district of Aleppo, Syria, September 25, 2016.

One official with the UN's satellite-imagery program says new pictures from rebel-held parts areas of the city show "an awful lot of new damage," presumably by airstrikes.

The release coincides with a stepped-up offensive by Syrian pro-government forces that are attacking the city from the south in a bid to penetrate its opposition-controlled areas, where the UN estimates 275,000 people are trapped in a government siege.

This satellite image released by the UN shows a damaged school or athletic facility in the Owaija district of Aleppo, Syria, October 1, 2016.

This satellite image released by the UN shows damaged houses in the Ayn at-Tal district of Aleppo, Syria, September 25, 2016.

Everyone knows Americans don't agree on pronunciations.

That's great, because regional accents and dialects are a major part of why American English is so interesting.

Josh Katz, a former Ph.D. student of statistics at North Carolina State University, published a group of awesome visualizations of Professor Bert Vaux and Scott Golder's linguistic survey, which looked at differences in American dialects (via detsl on /r/Linguistics).

His results were first published on The Abstract, the NC State University research blog. The complete set of Katz's maps, updated with the results from more than 350,000 new survey responses, are compiled in the new book "Speaking American," publishing October 25 from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Katz gave Business Insider permission to publish some of the coolest maps from his collection.

This is an update of a post originally published by Walter Hickey.

SEE ALSO: A Harvard linguist reveals the most misused words in English

The pronunciation of "caramel" starts disregarding vowels once you go west of the Ohio River.

Residents farther north have an oddly Canadian way of pronouncing "been."

For whatever reason, it's a "boo-wie" knife in Texas and D.C.*

UPDATE: Enthusiastic Marylanders have alerted us that there is indeed a town in Maryland called Bowie and pronounced "Boo-wie." That solves that. No word yet from Texans.

UPDATE 2: From a Texan: "It's pronounced Boo-wie because it's named after Jim Bowie (pronounced Boo-wie), who played a major role in the Texas revolution. That explains why we're the only ones who pronounce it correctly."

A bedroom says a lot about a person — about their lifestyle, their passions, their habits.

No one knows this better than French photographer John Thackwray, who has spent six years traveling the globe snapping pics of peoples' digs.

In fact, he's photographed 1,200 bedrooms in 55 countries for his My Room Project.

Thackwray has spent the last six years putting together his My Room Project, bit by bit, bedroom by bedroom.

He started at home, in France, but ended up photographing bedrooms in 55 different countries.

According to him, bedrooms might be an overstatement...

America's best private high schools offer a top-notch education and have a reputation as feeders to elite universities. Though many congregate on the East and West coasts, great private schools exist across the country.

Niche, a company that researches and compiles information on schools, released its 2016 rankings of the best private high schools in the US earlier this year.

Niche looked at performance on the SAT and ACT, college-matriculation rates, quality of colleges that students consider and attend, school culture and diversity, and student and parent reviews. It combined these metrics to reflect "overall excellence," measured on a 100-point scale.

Business Insider searched the ranking to find the best in each state. Sufficient data wasn't available for Alaska, North Dakota, or Wyoming, so they do not appear on this list.

Read on for the best private high schools in each state:

SEE ALSO: The best public high school in every state

ALABAMA: Indian Springs School

Location: Indian Springs

Overall rating: 88.20

Student-teacher ratio: 9:1

"Because we have a student disciplinary panel, we are self-accountable,"reported one Niche user.

Another commented on the status of Indian Springs School alumni: "We've got astronauts, lawyers, and John Green. I'd say graduates are doing well."

ARIZONA: Phoenix Country Day School

Location: Paradise Valley

Overall rating: 92.19

Student-teacher ratio: 7:1

"The teaching staff is very well liked by the students and parents,"commented a Niche user. "They are very welcoming and available for the students when they need them."

A Phoenix Country Day School parent agreed: "The headmaster greets everyone with a handshake and a smile everyday and the teachers are phenomenal, the best of the best."

ARKANSAS: Pulaski Academy

Location: Little Rock

Overall rating: 84.68

Student-teacher ratio: 10:1

"The teachers, education, school spirit, sports, and friends have made my experience exciting and life changing," shareda Pulaski Academy senior. "I feel more than prepared for college and am excited that the faculty and teachers have guided me to graduation."

Expecting to travel on plastic

The monarchies may largely be disbanded but cash is still king in Europe. Expect to pay “bar oder bargeld,” "efectivo,” or "espèces" (they all mean "cash"!) at most cafes, restaurants, bars, shops, smaller museums, and for taxis and public transportation. Withdraw amounts large enough to avoid racking up fees but small enough to feel safe. (Also, here are some tips to avoid getting your pockets picked.) Most “bankomat” (ATM) machines allow you to select bill denominations.

Using just any old credit card

If you do throw down the plastic, make sure it’s not a card with exorbitant international exchange fees -- that’s not a fun bill to come home to. Look into the best travel credit cards before you leave. And while you’re researching, don’t forget to check the chip! The US security chip system that’s built into many newer debit/credit cards ISN’T fully coordinated with the European version, so it’s very likely that you won’t be able to use your card at many ATMs. Ask your bank ahead of time if the chip works in Europe and seek out large international banks for the greatest chance of ATM cash-withdrawal success.

Not claiming your VAT tax refund

Especially if you’re planning to make some large purchases, save your receipt and be sure to ask the cashier for a VAT tax-refund form.  They will stamp your completed form, and you’ll bring it to the tax refund desk at the airport before you leave Europe. You are eligible to receive a 19-25% cash refund on all purchases with minimums that range from zero (Germany, Ireland & the UK) to 175 euros in France (check this website). Then go spend that fun money at the duty-free shop, and you’re totally winning the international tax game.

Exactly how big is the Millennium Falcon? How about Kylo Ren's Command Shuttle?

We used measurements from "Star Wars: the Force Awakens" book "Incredible Cross-Sections" to compare the ships in the new film to iconic monuments and real-world animals and objects.

Keep reading to see how big the Millennium Falcon, Rey's speeder, and more are in real life.

Let's start with something relatively small. Rey's Speeder isn't too large.

You could compare Poe Dameron's X-Wing to the size of a yacht.

Other ships are a lot larger. If you've ever seen the Rockefeller Christmas tree in person, Han Solo's ship would just edge it out.

At Columbia University, most undergraduate students must pass a swim test in order to graduate.

Engineering students at the school's Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, however, are not required to complete the test.

The reason? Well, in the event of a flood, engineering students could simply whip up a bridge or a boat to escape the raging water (at least, that's what the tour guides at Columbia will jokingly tell you).

Exemption from the swim test isn't the only perk of majoring in engineering at Columbia. Graduates of this program also typically go on to earn pretty hefty paychecks.

We recently reviewed PayScale's latest College Salary Report to get a sense of which school's engineering students go on to earn the most money — and found that Columbia landed the No. 5 spot.

PayScale, the creator of the world's largest compensation database, looked at the starting and mid-career pay for over a million college grads — including professionals who graduated with a bachelor's from 963 colleges and universities.

Its College Salary Report, which was compiled using data from employees who successfully completed PayScale's employee survey, sorts the results by school, degree, and college major.

Here are the 27 schools where students with a bachelor's in engineering go on to earn the most money 10-plus years into their career:

SEE ALSO: 25 college majors with the highest starting salaries

27. University of Notre Dame

Early career median pay for engineering majors: $65,500

Mid-career median pay for engineering majors: $124,000

Sector: Private

Undergraduate enrollment: 8,448

25. (tie) Cornell University

Early career median pay for engineering majors: $73,000

Mid-career median pay for engineering majors: $125,000

Sector: Private

Undergraduate enrollment: 14,282

25. (tie) University of California — Los Angeles

Early career median pay for engineering majors: $73,000

Mid-career median pay for engineering majors: $125,000

Sector: Public

Undergraduate enrollment: 27,565

It's a big week for Google.

The search giant unveiled a slew of new products: a phone, a virtual reality headset, updates to its Chromecast line of products, a new type of wireless router. There was even a big to-do event with press invited to Google's Mountain View, California campus. 

While the new phone — the Pixel— is nice, and the new VR headset — Daydream View— is a look to the future, Google's most ambitious new product announced on Tuesday was actually a small speaker with a bizarre, slanted top.

It's called Google Home, and it's an in-home personal assistant/multidirectional speaker. You speak — "Okay, Google"— and it listens. "How do I get from here to Roosevelt Island on the subway?" Google Home has an answer, using Google Maps and up-to-date MTA route information pulled from Google, and it's going to tell me.

And all I had to do was ask.

Like Amazon's Echo, it's meant to serve a role previously occupied only by fictional AI characters: to perform casual tasks by voice alone. But Google Home has some fascinating new additions to the concept, and a price point $50 below the Echo.

Here's everything we know about Google Home thus far:

SEE ALSO: Google unveils its newest major product: the Google Home speaker

DON'T MISS: I bought Google Home instead of Amazon's Echo — here's why

Let's be real: Price matters so much when it comes to new types of technology. Thankfully, Google Home is an affordable $129.

Google Home is meant to fit seamlessly into your life. Simply say, "Okay, Google," and your wish is its command.

Here's just a short list of the stuff Google Home can do:

-Set calendar events, timers, and dinner reservations.
-Play your music (from a variety of services) out of its multi-directional speaker setup.
-Use Google/Google Maps to answer questions and give you directions.
-Control various connected home devices, like Phillips Hue light bulbs and Nest thermostats.

It listens for the command "Okay, Google," which it can hear using the top-mounted microphones.

It's not what you say, it's how you say it.

It's an old cliché, but it's true. That's why body language is such a crucial part of communicating. The way you act can warp the entire meaning of what you're saying.

That being said, bad body language habits are the often hardest habits to break. We become so accustomed to slouching, averting our eyes, or folding our arms that we barely even notice what we're doing.

Here are several body language mistakes that are going to be tough to ditch. Still, if you're able to quit them, you'll definitely thank yourself later.

SEE ALSO: 6 body language tricks that are hard to master but will pay off forever

Fidgeting

If you've gotten into the habit of fidgeting, it can be difficult to snap out of it. However, it's important to take steps to reigning in this nervous habit.

Fidgeting demonstrates nervousness and a lack of power, as body language expert and "The Power of Body Language" author Tonya Reiman previously told Business Insider.

Playing with your hair

Leave your hair alone. Constantly running your hands across your scalp and twirling your locks is pretty distracting. Plus, as ABC reported, it can damage your hair overtime. It can be hard to quit, so try playing around a stress ball instead of your hair.

Adopting a defensive pose

Many people naturally cross their arms or hunch over a bit just because they don't know what to do with their hands.

However, this posture can make you look uncomfortable, defensive, or untrustworthy.

"You should always keep your hands in view when you are talking," Patti Wood, a body language expert and author of "SNAP: Making the Most of First Impressions Body Language and Charisma," previously told Business Insider. When a listener can't see your hands, they wonder what you are hiding."

Some of the best shows ever didn't stay on TV for as long as they should have.

That's just how it is in the cutthroat TV industry, in which impatient network executives are focused only on last night's ratings. And things have only gotten more brutal with a saturation of TV content, including from streaming services. 

Great series like HBO's "Deadwood" and Judd Apatow's teen dramedy "Freaks and Geeks" are among the many that have been cut off too soon.

As new series continue to make their way to the small screen this fall, we're looking over the best shows that were canceled before their time, ranked in order of increasing greatness.

Brett Arnold contributed to an earlier version of this article.

SEE ALSO: Why Netflix's 'Luke Cage' is the best superhero show yet, according to critics

19. CBS: "Jericho" fans pulled an incredible stunt that got the show back on the air for one final season.

Seasons: 2 (2006-2008)

What it's about: CBS' sci-fi actioner centers around the small town of Jericho, Kansas, in the aftermath of nuclear attacks on the country.

Why it shouldn't have been canceled: The show was so beloved after only one season that when news of its cancellation went public, fans sent more than 40,000 pounds of peanuts to the CBS offices in an effort to change executives' minds. The nuts were an ode to the final scene of season one in which Jake Green exclaims "nuts" when a neighboring community takes over the town and demands he surrender. The stunt worked, and the show was given one more season before taking the ax yet again after ratings didn't improve. "Jericho" ranks No. 11 on TV Guide's list of "Top Cult Shows Ever."

18. ABC: "Pushing Daisies" suffered from the writers strike.

Seasons: 2 (2007-2009)

What it's about: Bryan Fuller's quirky fantasy/comedy series stars Lee Pace ("Guardians of the Galaxy") as Ned, a piemaker with the ability to bring dead things back to life with a simple touch. 

Why it shouldn't have been canceled: "Pushing Daises" was unlike any other show on television, and that ultimately led to its downfall. The show was simply too out there for general audiences, and while critics and fans adored the series, it never gained a large enough audience to sustain life. "Daisies" also suffered from poor timing, as the infamous writers strike took place during production. The series won seven Emmys and a DGA award and received three Golden Globe nominations in just two years.

17. HBO: "Hung" received multiple Emmy and Golden Globe nominations but lasted just three seasons.

Seasons: 3 (2009-2011)

What it's about: The controversial comedy series stars Thomas Jane ("The Mist") as a family man who resorts to male prostitution to make ends meet.

Why it shouldn't have been canceled: "Hung" is way smarter and more thoughtful than its title and subject matter would suggest. The series functions more as a satirical look at the great lengths Americans have had to go through since the recession than a sex-filled romp, yet it has its fair share of sex and comedy as well. The show was quite well-received and received multiple Emmy and Golden Globe nominations before ending its short run.

For those looking to avoid overrun European hotspots, there are still some undiscovered destinations to explore.

A recent thread on Quora discussed some of the best destinations in Europe that remain mostly unknown.

The answers hit on a number of hidden gems, which we included in this list, along with some others that came from our own research.

From Denmark's Faroe Islands to one of Armenia's oldest monasteries, here are the places you can enjoy without hordes of other travelers.

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

The capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo is a city surrounded by the Olympic Mountains and rich in history (Franz Ferdinand was shot there, which started WWI.) A blend of east and west and heavily influenced by the Ottoman Empire, the city offers museums, mosques, and cathedrals.

Kungsleden, Sweden

Located in northern Sweden, Kungsleden is a must for hikers. The 450-kilometer-long hiking trail runs between the towns of Abisko and Hemavan, and passes through one of Europe's largest remaining wilderness areas.

Bacharch, Germany

Nestled in Germany's Rhine River valley, the small town of Bacharch is picture-perfect, featuring stone streets, colorful homes, and beautiful castles and churches.

Many people are driven to do things that excite them, no matter how risky or terrifying those activities might seem to others.

If you heard about a chance to ski down a steep backcountry slope, would you jump on that opportunity? Does wandering through an unknown city where you don't speak the language sound fun? Do you get restless or bored doing the same thing day after day?

Then you may score highly on measures of a personality trait that psychologists call "sensation-seeking."

"It's an overall behavior tendency to really seek out rewarding experiences despite the risk involved,"Jane Joseph, a Professor in the Department of Neurosciences at the Medical University of South Carolina, tells Business Insider.

In other words, she says it's not about the risk. It's about the reward. But the desire for that rewarding sensation overpowers concerns about risk, according to Joseph.

Here are 17 of the ways that behavioral tendency is expressed and things that sensation-seekers have in common.

SEE ALSO: 10 survival myths that might get you killed

Everyone falls somewhere on the sensation-seeking spectrum, but some people are more likely to ignore risks and instead seek rewards than others, to the point they may seem attracted to risk.

Source: Pizam et al., Journal of Travel Research, 2004

There are four subcategories to sensation seeking: experience seeking (wanting new sensory or mental experiences), thrill and adventure seeking, susceptibility to boredom, and disinhibition (enjoying things like "wild parties").

Source: Zuckerman, Sensation Seeking and Risky Behavior

Not all sensation-seeking activities are risky (and not everyone who takes risks does so because of this behavior trait).

It's been exactly a year since Google blew up its entire corporate structure to form a new parent company: Alphabet.

The shake-up happened with the idea that it would allow all of its businesses to operate more effectively and efficiently, a move the company was said to be considering for four years. The move allowed CEO Larry Page to step back from day-to-day operations to "focus on the bigger picture."

Now, Alphabet is a massive corporation — ranking in size behind Apple, Samsung, and Microsoft— that encompasses everything from internet-beaming hot air balloons to self-driving cars to Google Cloud. 

Here's how all of Alphabet's companies fit under the umbrella. 

SEE ALSO: Here's what Wall Street is saying after Google's big hardware event

Google officially became Alphabet in October 2015 with the aim to allow its different businesses to operate independently and move faster. Each division has its own CEO, with Google cofounder Larry Page taking the helm of Alphabet.

There are several companies under Alphabet, but some bigger division include Google, which encompasses several different divisions, and X, which houses the "moonshot" projects.

Let's start with the smaller units under Alphabet.

MLB pitcher Daniel Norris has always marched to the beat of his own drum.

The 23-year-old lefty was baptized in his baseball uniform; he has never tasted alcohol or tried drugs; and the first thing he bought with his $2 million pro baseball signing bonus was a $14 T-shirt.

He also chooses to live in a Volkswagen camper during the offseason. Read on to meet the pitcher, cancer survivor, outdoors enthusiast, and self-proclaimed nonconformist:

SEE ALSO: An MLB pitcher who scored a $2 million signing bonus chose to live in a van in a Walmart parking lot

Norris, the youngest of three, grew up in the mountains of Johnson City, Tennessee. 'My parents hadn't raised a boy before,' he wrote in the Players' Tribune. 'So when I was about two years old, they were like, I guess we'll put him in ... sports?'

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Source: The Players' Tribune

He excelled at football and basketball in high school, but baseball — particularly pitching — suited his personality most. As he told ESPN, 'it can get quiet and lonely out there when you're pitching, which drives some people crazy. But that's my favorite part.'

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Norris, right, as a sophomore in high school.

Source: ESPN

Much of Norris' lifestyle was influenced by his father (pictured), who owned a bike shop in Johnson City and raised his kids to embrace the outdoors and live simply. 'We would always go mountain biking or on family bike rides,' Norris wrote in the Tribune. 'We were always outside. So my love for the outdoors comes from how and where I was raised.'

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Trying to make some extra cash? Have free time you don't know what to do with? Trying to develop or hone a new skill? You should consider getting a side gig.

FlexJobs, an online service specializing in telecommuting and remote work, recently put together a list of 15 high-paying jobs you can do on the side. To qualify for the list, each job had to be considered "flexible" (and not full-time), and had to pay at least double the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour, according to the job posting on FlexJobs. 

Brie Reynolds, the director of online content for FlexJobs, says "side jobs" are defined as anything part-time, including freelance, temporary, short- or long-term, work-from-home, or in-person flexible gigs.

Here's FlexJobs' list of 15 high-paying side jobs you might want to consider:

SEE ALSO: The 13 most meaningful jobs in America

Curriculum writer

Pay: $50 an hour

Type of flexibility:Temporary, part-time

Description: Education professionals with experience in curriculum writing will find a variety of part-time and/or temporary positions to assist educational institutions and organizations with curriculum development, writing, and adaption. These jobs seek people who have excellent teamwork skills and who work well under deadlines.

City-guide writer

Pay: $50-$100/project

Type of flexibility: Freelance, telecommute

Description: Travel and tourism businesses, as well as real-estate companies, often hire writers to write city and/or neighborhood guides with information about population size, shopping, recreation, culture, entertainment, things to do, climate, transit, and more.

Business consultant

 Pay: $48 an hour

Type of flexibility: Part-time, telecommute, freelance

Description: Consultants may work with one local business or a variety of nationwide or international companies to handle questions, review processes, and improve performance. Extensive previous management experience is typically required.

Much of America's charm is predicated on small-town life. It's community oriented, nostalgic, and generally more affordable than living in a big city.

In its October/November print issue, AARP The Magazine highlights 10 great hometowns for anyone on a modest budget of $40,000 per year. (Check out the shorter online version here).

To create the list, the magazine partnered with Sperling's Best Places, which focuses on quality of life research, to determine a livability index, factoring in metrics on housing affordability, access to work and recreation, transportation, healthcare, and safety. Each city on the list has a score above the average livability index score of 50.

Read on to check out 10 US cities where life is robust and affordable.

DON'T MISS: 15 of the most fun American cities that are actually affordable

SEE ALSO: The 25 cities with the best quality of life in the US

Sheboygan, Wisconsin

Livability index: 65

Population: 115,300

Median housing price: $127,300

Sunny days per year: 188

Just one hour North of Milwaukee you'll find this distinctly Midwestern town on the shores of Lake Michigan at the opening of the Sheboygan River, the area's main draw and a hotspot for surfing and sailing. Residents laud Sheboygan's free and affordable events and activities, including the annual Brat Days festival, a celebration of the city's most famous culinary export.

Eugene, Oregon

Livability index: 59

Population: 358,300

Median housing price: $222,000

Sunny days per year: 155

Nestled in the lush Willamette Valley, Eugene has "carefully cultivated its image as an outdoor-lover's paradise," according to AARP The Magazine. Its high concentration of nature mavens — including both the area's college students and retirees — frequent farmer's markets, vineyards, hiking and biking trails, museums, and galleries.

Cleveland, Ohio

Livability index: 56

Population: 2 million

Median housing price: $124,000

Sunny days per year: 166

Situated on the shores of Lake Erie, Cleveland has experienced a cultural renaissance of late, led by growing populations of baby boomers and millennials alike. The city's robust art and music scene is complemented by lively nightlife and award-winning restaurants, not to mention a renewed excitement among NBA fans with the return of hometown hero LeBron James.

On stage at Oculus Connect 3 on Thursday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the world on a tour of how Facebook will work in virtual reality.

Facebook owns Oculus VR and has invested loads of time and money into the emerging technology. Now it has something to show for it.

Here's how it's going to work:

SEE ALSO: Facebook just showed off the next version of the Oculus Rift

Zuckerberg put on the Oculus Rift helmet on stage and showed virtual avatars of his coworkers Lucy and Michael. Users will be able to customize a great deal about their avatars.

Zuckerberg himself looks like a young Justin Timberlake, which he joked about on stage.

After deciding that the stage environment was too boring for the demo, the trio decided to head to the bottom of the ocean. Who doesn't want to hang out with friends while surrounded by sharks?

Job hunting can be a frustrating odyssey of nos and non-responses, and applying for gigs can feel like screaming into a void. (Are you alive? Are they alive? Is anyone out there?)

To combat that, many job seekers with coding and design experience go to extreme — and extremely creative — lengths to stand out and demonstrate their skills.

It's a risk: Not every hiring manager is going to be on board with an unconventional approach. But as the creators of these masterpieces prove, a clever résumé can also yield big rewards.

From designing a personal Amazon page (complete with reviews) to making a candy bar wrapper to showcase job skills, here are some of the most creative résumés we've ever seen:

Vivian Giang, Melissa Stanger, and Rachel Sugar contributed to earlier versions of this article.

SEE ALSO: 12 hobbies that look great on your résumé, and one that doesn't

DON'T MISS: 11 ways to pad out your résumé without lying

Jessica Wen's sweet résumé started off as a class project and ended up landing her an internship

Wen, now a designer and strategist, designed the chocolate résumé packaging concept in 2012 when she was a graphic design major at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore. 

Wen repackaged chocolate bars with her brief résumé printed on the inner side of packaging with the words "THANKS" or "EAT ME" cut out by hand as a leave-behind item for one of her college's career fairs.

"I was able to get a call-back and ended up landing a four-month internship position at a large architecture firm in DC," Wen tells Business Insider.

Charlotte Olsen's "Golden Ticket" offers an extra incentive to hire her

As a part of a self promotion task from her time as a graphic design major at Southampton Solent University in England in 2012, Olsen created a chocolate packaging résumé that included a "Golden Ticket" offering 10% off her design services.

"I thought I would try to stick out as a job seeker and make something fun and eye catching to show my personality and my own original style as a designer," Olsen says.

Her "100% RAW TALENT" design plays on traditional chocolate packaging with things like an ingredients section that lists her skills, a "best before" section that says "Before someone else snaps me up", and phrases along the packaging like "No artificial skills" and "Not factory made."

"So far that chocolate CV has been quite the success for my career," she tells Business Insider.

Erik Sena used SnapChat's 'on demand' geofilters to get noticed by employers

After seeing how geofilters were being used by fashion moguls to advertise locally, Sena tells Business Insider he was inspired to create geofilters in May with his personal brand on them to help him stand out in the oversaturated advertising job market.

"I had been interviewing and sending my résumés to companies for months since the beginning of the semester with no luck, so this was a last ditch effort to get my name out there," he says.

Sena says he used his experience as a copywriter and a designer to quickly whip up his design, and he paid $108 to SnapChat to have them run on-demand geofilters targeted at the ad-companies he wanted to work for.

SnapChat let's you assign an area where you want your geofilter to appear, and whenever someone uses snapchat in that area, your design shows over messages in the app. Sena targeted BASIC and Red Door Interactive in Downtown San Diego and TBWA\Chiat\Day, Ignition, Deutsch and R/GA in Playa Vista, Los Angeles, with his geofilter. 

"Thankfully, two of the companies that I tried to reach out to actually took notice," Sena says. "Red Door tweeted a screenshot of my geofilter and actually invited me to the office for lunch." Sena says one of the associate creative directors at BASIC also liked a couple of his tweets and followed him on Twitter.

"Even though I didn't get a job offer or even an interview from any of the companies I targeted, the least I could have hoped for was to be noticed by them, and I was," Sena says.

Since then, he says he's included the move on his résumé and talks about it during interviews, "which definitely helped generate some conversations."

"In fact, one of the biggest talking points during my most recent interview was this situation, and I was lucky enough to land the job, so I'd say it helped tremendously," Sena says.

Sometimes one meal is all it takes to make your vacation one to remember forever. 

From incredibly fresh ceviche in Peru to the modern Spanish cuisine at Girona's award-winning El Celler de Can Roca, we've put together a list of 50 meals you have to try at least once. While some are incredibly memorable restaurants, others are specialty food items you can only get when traveling to a certain place. 

Whether you plan to travel to these destinations or already happen to live there, don't miss out on these mouthwatering foods. 

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Try Rome's famed cacio e pepe, a simple pasta with pepper flakes and gooey melted cheese. Anthony Bourdain recommends trying it at Roma Sparita in Trastevere.

Sample Berlin's iconic street food, currywurst, which is a pork sausage that's cut into slices and doused with curry ketchup. Berliners love Konnopke Imbiss, located in the Prenzlauer Berg neighborhood.

Head to La Banquise in Montreal for a scrumptious plate of poutine: crisp french fries that have been smothered in brown gravy and cheese curds.

Among the millions of students in college this semester, there are a few faces who will be familiar for everyone. 

Hidden among the masses are these 13 celebrities who prove that you're never too famous (or too old!) to be a college student. 

From Victoria's Secret Angel Karlie Kloss to Olympic swimmer Katie Ledecky, here are some of the most famous students in college this semester.

Emmie Martin, Lauren Browning, and Tanza Loudenback also contributed to this story.

Model Karlie Kloss retired her angel wings to take classes at NYU.

In 2015, the Victoria's Secret model and Taylor Swift squad member made headlines for her decision to retire her wings and enroll in classes at NYU's Gallatin School of Individualized Study. Still, the 23-year-old assures fans that she'll still be working full-time when she starts classes this fall.

Kloss also recently launched a scholarship fund called Kode with Karlie to introduce young girls to one of her passions: coding.

Miranda Cosgrove of "iCarly" fame is majoring in film at USC

Best known for the Nickelodeon shows "iCarly" and "Drake and Josh," as well as the film "School of Rock,"Cosgrove is now a student at the University of Southern California.

"The weirdest part is after a day at school, I'll go on Instagram or the Internet and there will be pictures of me from school that random people took and I didn't know they took,"Cosgrove told ABC News.

The actress is majoring in film and trying to emulate her heroes Tina Fey and Kristen Wiig, eventually hoping to write, direct, and act in her own work.

Katie Ledecky turned down $5 million so she could go to Stanford.

Ledecky delayed her college enrollment for a year to concentrate on training for the Rio Olympics. With a handful of world records and four gold medals under her belt this year, she started school at Stanford this fall.

Given her strong showing in Rio, Ledecky could have made $5 million annually in endorsements if she went pro, according to Olympic sports marketing expert Bob Dorfman. She decided not to go that route. At Stanford, she has Olympic medalists Simone Manuel and Lia Neal as swimming teammates.