The first trailer for "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" has finally arrived and there's a lot to unpack in the two minute teaser. 

If you haven't watched the teaser trailer, check it out here first. 

All good? Then let's get to it!

Keep reading to see everything in the first "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" trailer.

The teaser opens right where we left off with Rey (Daisy Ridley).

She sought out Luke Skywalker at the end of "The Force Awakens." We bet she's in the middle of training with the former Jedi master. 

Daisy Ridley told fans at "The Last Jedi" panel at "Star Wars: Celebration" Friday that "Episode VIII" will explore more of Rey's story.

She's still on the mysterious island where she found Luke Skywalker hiding out at the end of "The Force Awakens."

Scenes for "Episode VIII" were filmed on a remote island off the coast of Ireland called Skellig Michael. You can read more about it here. 

Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy said at "Star Wars: Celebration" Skellig Michael wasn't the only island the crew filmed on for "Episode VIII."

We hear Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) tell Rey to breathe before asking her to reach out and tell him what she sees.

We expect Rey to spend some time on this island training with Luke, just as Luke spent with Yoda in "The Empire Strikes Back." 

You likely already know about the Olsen twins and their younger sister Elizabeth, as well as Dave and James Franco or Luke and Owen Wilson. And you've already learned about all the celebrity pairs that are best friends, but there are quite a few famous faces that you probably didn't know were related. 

They're the real deal too, unlike Gigi Hadid and Kendall Jenner, who are only related through divorced marriages. 

Here are 41 celebrities you never knew were related. 

Actress Jessica Capshaw is director Steven Spielberg's stepdaughter.

The "Grey's Anatomy" actress didn't exactly grow up with Steven Spielberg, but since her mother married him in 1991, they've gotten close. With such a big name in the industry, you'd think that he was to thank for her start, but according to her, it wasn't so easy.

"In a lot of ways it was actually not helpful to have famous parents because there is definitely a very human feeling of, 'Well, when you come from all that, who wants to see that girl succeed.' You want to see the underdog succeed, the girl who spent her last two dollars on the bus ticket," she said in an interview with USA Today.

Singer Lily and "Game of Thrones" actor Alfie Allen are siblings.

Talent clearly runs in the family seeing as she's a famous singer and he's made waves as Theon Greyjoy on "Game of Thrones." Like most siblings, they seem to have a love-hate relationship. 

The singer once wrote a song about her brother needing to get a job and several years later slammed "Game of Thrones" during a Reddit AMA saying that she was offered a incestuous cameo to play his sister on screen. Alfie then denied that fact.  

"The only thing I'm going to say on that is that it's not true," he said to Vulture. "And also that Gemma Whalen was always their first choice for the part. And she's fantastic. And that's the one thing I’m going to say about that."

Since then he's "banned" her from discussing the show at all. 

Jenny and Melissa McCarthy are cousins.

The famous actresses may share a last name, but many never made the connection. Jenny has even shared a throwback picture of the two of them when they were children. 

The actresses might be in the same business, but their careers haven't overlapped and the two don't seem to be very close. Melissa, for example, didn't attend Jenny's wedding back in 2014. That might have something to do with a rumor claiming that Jenny thought her cousin needed to lose weight to make it in Hollywood, even though Jenny firmly denies it. 

"There is a crazy story going around that I once told my cousin, Melissa, that she would have to lose weight in order to get into show business. Nothing could be further from the truth," Jenny told PEOPLE. 

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• Photographer Brian Dowling is working on a portrait book of redheads around the world called "Readhead Beauty."
• He's photographed 130 models in 20 different countries.
• He hopes to help combat bullying and stigmas surrounding people with red hair.

Less than two percent of the world's population has naturally red hair. Because they stand out, they're often bullied by their peers, ridiculed in pop culture, and perceived through negative stereotypes dating all the way back to medieval times. 

Brian Dowling is hoping to bring some positive attention to those with fiery red locks for a change. He's traveled to 20 countries and counting to photograph redheads around the world and celebrate their natural beauty through whimsical portraits.

Photographer Brian Dowling has always appreciated the uniqueness of red hair.

His Irish heritage might have something to do with it.

He decided to photograph redheads around the world and compile the images into a portrait book called "Redhead Beauty."

No matter if it's captured in a state of peace or destruction, Earth is a fascinating and beautiful place.

Below are 22 of the best environmental photos taken for Reuters in 2016.

From star trails in Kazakhstan to a breathtaking sunrise over the mountains of Austria, these photos will give you a unique perspective of the planet we live on.

The stars above a camp in Kazakhstan's Altyn-Emel National Park look psychedelic thanks to long exposure photography.

A group of people brave a sightseeing platform amidst the otherworldly quartzite sandstone columns that fill Zhangjiajie in China's Hunan Province.

Not surprisingly, the city served as inspiration for the movie "Avatar."

Boats make their way through Chaka Salt Lake in Haixi in China's Qinghai Province.

I'm under no illusion that I can easily convince someone who has never watched "Girls" to tune in now that the HBO show is about to air its series finale on Sunday.

But I know the show has lost some viewers over the years — and I get why — and this is my appeal to those viewers to come back on board for season six.

Every season, I approach "Girls" having prepared myself to be annoyed by Hannah (Lena Dunham) and her similarly self-obsessed friends. There's clueless Marnie (Allison Williams), who's obsessed with becoming famous, and has left a trail of broken hearts along the way. And self-destructive Jessa's (Jemima Kirk) antics were starting to get really old. And when were they going to realize that Shoshanna (Zosia Mamet) was the smartest person in the crew?

I have been greatly surprised and moved by this season, though. Here are the reasons you should you come back to watch the final season of "Girls":

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1. It needed to end, and it's finally get an end that solves a lot of issues.

When it comes to the group's storylines, a final season was the best thing that ever happened to the show. Growing up was the solution to all of the most annoying parts of the show and its characters flaws. And "Girls" is pulling off the bandage swiftly and painfully.

2. It will break even your cold, cynical heart.

The show isn't going for happy endings. As in real life, the distance created between friends and lovers can sometimes be insurmountable. And while the show speeds over time in the 10-episode final season, it doesn't try to patch up those problems to give us warm, happy feelings. There are revelations and friendships will end. You'll be consoled with the knowledge that the world doesn't wrap everything in bows. In the case of "Girls," we get a tattered plastic shopping bag.

3. The writers and producers will earn back your respect.

Whether executive producers Dunham, Jenni Konner, and Judd Apatow and their team of writer/producers always knew where these stories would end isn't the important part. What matters is that it feels like they did, and they're executing this season so well and so appropriately. You may have been put off by past offenses, but this season makes up for all of that. In this case, the end does justify the means.

Winter's tale is ended — and so it's time to take stock of the damage done to your car by months of snow, ice, sleet, road salt, cold, and all the many travesties of the season departed.

Modern cars are engineered to take some serious abuse, so unless your vehicle remained buried under a snowbank, you shouldn't have to do too much. 

But you will have to do a few things. Here are ten that are worth it : 

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1. WASH your car!

You should have done this a few times during the winter months anyway, but now it's imperative, to remove road salt, grit, and grime — all stuff that will damage your car's finish over the long haul.

I often recommend paying a little extra — $100 — this time to year to have you vehicle detailed. That means getting it deep cleaned, inside and out. It's great — you'll feel like you have a new car.

At the least, however, you should get it washed and waxed, or do it yourself, taking additional time to make sure the lower section of the vehicle is especially clean,

2. CHANGE your wiper blades!

Winter kills wiper blades. But they still have to work when spring rains arrive.

A new set will cost you about $40. They're easy to install yourself, but you can always stop into most full-service gas-stations and have new wipers put on.

3. CHECK your wiper fluid level.

Everybody uses more wiper fluid in winter than in spring and summer.

You can actually fill the reservoir with plain old water, but the blue stuff that you buy at the auto parts store will do a better job of keeping your windshield clean.

Visiting Ikea can tear the strongest of people apart — but the food can bring them together.

Many people may not know that every Ikea location has its own full-service restaurant.

In addition to serving iconic Swedish meatballs, the restaurant offers numerous dishes served in an elevated cafeteria style with a Swedish twist. 

Business Insider decided to visit the local Ikea in Brooklyn to peruse the furniture giant's smorgasbord of culinary offerings — no assembly required. 

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Ikea's restaurant opens at every morning at 9:30 a.m. We arrived around 10:30.

We were shocked to see how spacious and inviting the cafeteria is. Unsurprisingly, the decor was all Ikea — bright, minimal, and practical. The views, however, were exceptional: the Statue of Liberty to the west, and the soaring skyscrapers of downtown Manhattan to the north. 

Breakfast was in order. Incredibly, everything on this tray cost a grand total of $7.37 — including tax.

We decided on the $2 Swedish-American breakfast, which includes eggs, sausage, home fries, and Swedish pancakes with a side of lingonberry jam. We also grabbed two pastries, and four drinks: coffee, chocolate milk, and two Swedish-inspired juice boxes. Notably, the coffee was just 75¢ with free refills. That could very well be one of the best caffeination deals in Brooklyn.

For $2, the Swedish-American breakfast was solid.

The eggs exceeded expectations. They are smooth, dense, and avoid being a watery mess as cafeteria eggs often are. Ikea falls short with the home fries, which are under seasoned — a dash of salt and pepper would go a long way. The sausages are on par with most diner side sausages: flavorful, but not memorable. 

The star of the dish is the lingonberry jam, served with the Swedish pancakes — or as they say in France, crepes. The pancakes themselves are light, buttery, and thin, but they don't sparkle without the aid of the delicious jam. It brings a pleasant pucker to the palate and helps the whole meal punch above its $2 weight class.

Whether you live in the capital or visit from time to time, chances are you're often overwhelmed by the number of people in London, as well as the architecture, both old and modern — but the city hasn't always looked like this.

Expedia UK's "Historic London" project allows you to take a virtual Google Street View tour of 14 popular London locations with overlaid images showing how the same spots looked up to 100 years ago.

While the tour shows how architecture has changed over the past decades, it also reveals which views have stayed quite similar and kept their historic beauty intact.

From Clapham Common to Harrods and Covent Garden, scroll down for screenshots that show the before-and-after effects of some of London's most popular landmarks.

Buckingham Palace — 1908

Cheapside — 1909

Clapham Common — 1915

Pop quiz: Do you know where you ate dinner on September 9, 2016? And how long did it take you to get to work on Thursday, February 23, 2017? Where were you on the afternoon of March 9, 2015?

You probably don't know the answers to these questions — but Google might.

How? It's thanks to a feature nestled away in your Google account called Location History. If you care about your privacy, you should probably check it out.

Location History is exactly what it sounds like: It's a comprehensive history of locations you've visited, as tracked by your smartphone's GPS. Think about that for a second. Every dinner round a friend's house, every boring commute, every late-night takeaway run — any time you went anywhere with your smartphone, it's on there, going back years.

It powers some useful features in Google's products, and many people keep it switched on for that reason. But in the process, you're give a private company a staggering amount of information about your private life, for free.

Here's how to see exactly how Google is tracking you — and how to switch it off you don't feel comfortable with it...

Not sure if you've got Google Location History activated? Head on over to your "Timeline" and check.

Timeline is a map that shows exactly where you've been on any given day stretching back as far as you've had the feature on. It's either extremely cool or extremely spooky, depending on your approach to online privacy.

You'll likely be asked if you want to activate Google Location History when you get a new phone or start a Google account, so if you don't recall switching it on, that's likely why.

Here's an example of it on desktop — everywhere one of my colleagues went on October 20, 2016. (In Athens!)

They stayed at the Hotel Naxos Resort, leaving at 12:18, before walking 0.3 miles in the space of 24 minutes to Naxos ... the data is all this detailed.

(You can also view your location history on your smartphone, via the Google Maps app, as seen below.)

It's actually really useful — if you're comfortable with the privacy trade-off.

So why on Earth would you give Google access to track your every waking movement? Well, it's actually pretty useful.

It means the company's tech can learn the places you normally go, and the routes you normally take, letting it proactively give you place suggestions or traffic notifications when they might be helpful. Or you could use it to remember where you were on a given day, or find the address for somewhere you visited but didn't make a note of. On the flipside, Google can also use it to feed you customised adverts.

As Google continues to push its AI-powered virtual assistant, Google Assistant, this kind of context-driven information is going to get richer and richer.

But is it worth the privacy trade-off? That's up to you to decide.

The Middle East and North Africa region runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Indian Ocean and from Turkey to Yemen. The bulk of the region is along five waterways: The Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Black Sea, and Caspian Sea.

Here are four maps that explain the dynamics and inherited divisions in these regions. 

Water and Religion Rule the Area

Much of the Middle East is not lived in.

This is largely due to the arid conditions. People in the North African sub-region largely live just south of the Mediterranean coast. The bulk of Egypt’s nearly 90 million people live in the areas around the Nile River.

Most of the people in the Middle East live in the region’s north rim that runs from Iran through Iraq to Syria and into Turkey.

The mostly Arab Middle East is the core of the Muslim world. The map below shows the spread of Arabic-speaking groups in the region. It also shows the spread of Islam.

Founded in 610 in the city of Mecca on the west coast of modern Saudi Arabia, Islam covered the whole Arabian Peninsula along with the Levant. It then crossed the Persian Gulf into Mesopotamia and Persia.

At the same time, it went east into Egypt and from there to the North African coast up to modern Morocco. This served as a launch pad to cross into the Iberian Peninsula.

Arabs ruled many of these lands, save for Persia and Anatolia. They accepted Islam, but kept their unique ethno-linguistic traits. Anatolia only became part of the Middle East due to Ottoman conquest in the early 1500s.

Otherwise, the Arabs under both the Umayyad (661–749) and Abbasid (749–1258) dominions failed to seize lands from the Byzantines north of the Levant.

While the Arabs did push into the Caucasus and Central and South Asia, Persian resurgence in the form of the Safavid Empire in the early 1500s kept Arab control beyond modern Iran. Turkic peoples who converted to Islam held the areas north and northeast of the Middle East.

Growing Divisions Foster the Growth of ISIS

As we’ve discussed before, the current borders of the region were largely drawn up by the British and French in the wake of World War I, and also at the end of the Ottoman Empire.

Yet, it was very divided before the Ottoman conquest in the first quarter of the 16th century.

This goes all the way back to the late ninth century, when the Abbasid dynasty began to fall. Many fighting caliphates, sultanates, and emirates ruled different parts of this region.

We're in the heat of the season of TV renewals and cancellations. And while the people behind the shows are awaiting the networks' decisions, viewers are also feeling the tension.

While Business Insider has already weighed in on the shows that we predict are going to be canceled, it's interesting to see what viewers are thinking (and worrying about).

Business Insider partnered with Amobee Brand Intelligence— a company that provides marketing insight and measures real-time content consumption across the internet — to find out which TV shows are most mentioned on social media as "on the bubble," which means the shows that are in danger of being canceled.

Here are the shows that people think are most in danger of being canceled:

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10. "Elementary" (CBS)

The clues for the cancellation of "Elementary" are all there and the viewers are clearly picking up on them. While CBS has been the most-watched broadcast network for years, its audience traditionally steers older than the under-50 crowd advertisers are aiming for, so it doesn't have much patience for low-rated shows, and "Elementary" is the network's lowest-rated returning show.

The network may let it finish its current fifth season because that makes it ripe for syndication sales. But it may not be worth keeping for a sixth.

9. "2 Broke Girls" (CBS)

People are probably seeing red flags for "2 Broke Girls" because it wasn't included in the 18 show renewals CBS announced in March. The fact is that "2 Broke Girls" has lost nearly 18% of its audience from last year and that's bad news. The good news is that CBS has plenty of other shows it needs to ax before "2 Broke Girls."

8. "Sleepy Hollow" (Fox)

It isn't hard to see that "Sleepy Hollow" should have been put to bed after its low-rated third season. Fox renewed the show anyway, with a pretty major reboot, but it didn't work. It's Fox's lowest-rated show, and it has lost nearly 40% of last season's audience.

There's no getting around it: moving is the worst. 

Even if you're only moving a few blocks away, packing up all your stuff and getting it from point A to point B is a total pain. Luckily, technology is here to help. 

While mobile apps can't make your move pain-free, they can help streamline the process, eliminate mix-ups, and hopefully save you some money. 

Here are 12 apps to download before your next move: 

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Getting started

Zillow is a real estate marketplace of more than 110 million homes.

Zillow's platform is one of the broadest and most reliable sites for finding an apartment. Unlike Craigslist — which can have fake or unreliable listings — Zillow's listings are photo-heavy and easy to filter. 

Zillow is available for iOS and Android.

Flip helps you get out of your lease by finding credible subletters.

Flip is a platform that allows tenants to list available space and find subletters. In a similar vein as Airbnb, hosts create a listing, add photos, and input information like how long the place is available. Flip then takes over, sending out a notice to the landlord, which protects tenants in case the process gets contentious later on. If a user matches with a subletter, Flip will perform a credit check and make a recommendation as to whether that subletter is the right fit.

Essentially, Flip is an advocate, assistant, and housing expert all rolled into one. 

The app is available for iOS. 

Costco is a goldmine for bargains.

But the opportunity to save can be overwhelming, as you face seemingly endless free samples and bulk deals.

There are great bargains at Costco — even Morgan Stanley analysts say the retailer offers some of the best deals in the industry. However, to cash in on the deals, you need to know a few secrets.

Here’s how to make shopping at Costco worth the price of membership.

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Make a beeline to the center of the store.

Many membership stores stick the best bargains in “center court,” the pallets in the middle of the store, Paco Underhill, author of "Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping,” told Bankrate.

Flashy displays at the front of the store, on the other hand, are going to be more expensive.

Keep an eye out for the "star."

If there’s an asterisk on a Costco price tag, that means the item can't restocked and what you see is the last in the store, reports Costco Insider.

So if your favorite seasonal product is marked with a star, it’s time to buy enough to last you till next year.

Split bulk items.

You might not have space to store 30 rolls of toilet paper, but your friends would probably be more than happy to split the cost of the $19.50 mega-pack, says Time.

Buying in bulk means major savings, so go big — and split the products up before going home.

WWE heavyweight turned highest-paid actor in the world Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson seems to get bigger and bigger with every movie. His body hardly even looks real, and he works hard to maintain it. He's striving for greatness, and a great physique is one of his top priorities.

For "The Fate of the Furious," he bulked up to make his character, Hobbs, the biggest he's ever appeared in the "Fast and Furious" movies or on the big screen generally.

Johnson often documents his workout routine and diet on his Instagram account, where he also occasionally posts photos and videos of his adorable dogs.

Here's what The Rock's workout routine and diet are like:

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He loves to work out — maybe too much.

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"He loves to train, so you struggle to keep him out of the gym," said Dave Rienzi, Johnson's trainer. "When I started working with [Johnson], he was spending too much time in the gym, which was a little counterproductive, so I had to try to limit him to a really intense 45-60 minutes."

Source: Men's Health UK

His weight often fluctuates, and his goal weight depends on the movie.

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For his role in "The Fate of the Furious," he added 22 pounds to his already bulky body to be the "meanest, strongest" Hobbs yet.

"I'm stepping on set 260lbs of the meanest, strongest and most highly funny & entertaining s--- talkin' version of Hobbs the franchise has ever seen," Johnson said on Instagram.

The D10 is an intense competition that pushes its athletic contestants to their ultimate physical limits. 

A favorite among the Wall Street crowd, the five-city competition is comprised of a 400-meter run, football throw, pull-ups, 40-yard dash, dips, 500-meter row, vertical jump, 20-yard shuttle, bench press, and 800-meter run. It's all for a good cause, raising money to support pediatric cancer research.

We recently caught up with some of the the New York City contestants during a 6 a.m. training session at Tone House's Upper East Side location. They shared what they're eating during training season to keep in tip-top condition.

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Chris Howell, analyst at Barclays

Because of how early the workouts are (some start at 5 a.m.), Howell doesn't always eat beforehand. "I either train fasted, or eat something light, like applesauce, to get the wheels turning," he told Business Insider. 

After the workout, Howell's appetite calls for a more complete meal. "I eat three to four eggs with multigrain toast and a recovery drink, such as a protein shake," he said.

Throughout his training, Howell's overall diet is high in fat and protein, and he includes a moderate amount of complex carbohydrates.

Samantha Santaniello, data sourcing and strategy at Point72 Asset Management

During training season, Santaniello follows what she calls the "P-F-C rule."

"[I eat a] protein-fat-carb at each meal and snack," she said. "Before a workout, I usually like to fuel up on a handful of nuts and a piece of fruit, or an RXBar — apple cinnamon is my favorite."

Post-workout, her meal includes half of a sweet potato and a plant-based protein shake with almond milk and half of a banana or frozen acai berries.

Nick Fincher, vice president at PIMCO

For Fincher, a protein shake is always in order, both before and after a workout session.

"For me, having a protein shake an hour before the session does the trick," he said. His smoothies consist of whey protein, bananas, blueberries, chia seeds, and coconut milk.

After a session: "I follow up it with a large breakfast when possible." His go-to is a ham and veggie omelet made with three eggs and a side of fruit.

Just how wonder is POM Wonderful? Well, it turns out pomegranate can have some very beneficial health effects, including lowering the blood pressure.

Let’s take a look at the evidence:

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The evidence comes from a meta-analysis of eight randomized placebo controlled studies — and those are the gold standard in terms of investigational clinical research. All of this was published in the journal Pharmacological Research.

The researchers took a look at the average systolic and diastolic blood pressure levels in those who were either drinking pomegranate juice or not drinking it. The systolic blood pressure levels are the higher number — the one around 120 millimeters of mercury (mmHg)— and the lower number is the diastolic number (80mmHg on average).

What they found was drinking pomegranate juice reduced systolic blood pressure by nearly 5mmHg, and diastolic blood pressure by 2 mmHg. It’s a lot harder to bring that diastolic blood pressure down.

Now, interestingly enough, systolic blood pressure — the easier one to reduce with dietary changes of all sorts, including salt reduction — occurred in both drinkers who were drinking the pomegranate juice for a shorter period of time (less than 12 weeks) and those drinking for more than 12 weeks, as well as those drinking either fewer or more than three glasses a day.

In order to get the diastolic blood pressure down though, you actually had to drink more than 3 glasses a day, and for a sustained period of time.

Pomegranate juice is rich in antioxidant polyphenols, which can reverse atherosclerosis as well as vascular inflammation, and thereby lower blood pressure. But it has other anti-inflammatory effects, and most of the effects can occur quickly, after drinking as little as 5 ounces a day for only two weeks. That’s pretty fast!

To most people, hydrogen-powered cars are nothing more than an interesting concept.

It's why Toyota paid for an ad spot for its hydrogen-powered Mirai during the Super Bowl for viewers in San Francisco and Los Angeles. These vehicles have already left the garage, but there's quite a lot of legwork that needs to be done to launch them on a mass scale, including just making the public aware of their existence.

But that's far from the only challenge. Honda acknowledges that for any kind of mass adoption to occur, the hydrogen station infrastructure needs to expand drastically.

"Without the fueling, we can't support the cars. It's a little bit of a seesaw," Steven Center, Honda's vice president of its environmental business development office, told journalists at a roundtable event before the New York Auto Show.

There are only 34 hydrogen re-fueling stations in the United States, and 18 of them are in California, according to the US Department of Energy.

Despite that obvious challenge, Honda is still betting big on hydrogen. Center said hydrogen fuel cells are the "ultimate technology for the long term" because the cars boast faster re-fill times, perform better in colder weather, and offer longer ranges than electric vehicles.

We got a chance to get behind the wheel of the Honda's hydrogen-powered Clarity to get a real sense of the cars' potential. Here's what it was like: 

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First, take a moment to actually look at the 2017 Honda Clarity — because this is one nice sedan.

During the 20 minutes or so I spent photographing it, two people commented on how nice they thought the car was. Granted, we were near Central Park with a camera, so onlookers already had the mindset that it must be nice. But the car has a very distinctive and captivating look.

Honda's Clarity exudes power. It has built-in air curtains, which you can see below the headlights, to make it more aerodynamic, Honda says. But they also make give the car a very sporty look.

North Korea invited the world's press into the country this week, as part of the celebrations for the 105th birth anniversary of its founder, Kim Il Sung.

It was a rare glimpse into the highly secretive regime, which has scant resources and regularly suffers famines, but has been developing its nuclear weapons program aggressively.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un used Saturday's parade to show off the country's new ballistic missiles and military hardware.

A senior North Korean politician also said North Korea was prepared for a "nuclear war" and "all out war" against the US, if president Donald Trump continued his aggressive rhetoric about the country.

Here's a look at the parade:

This is Kim Il Sung, the founder of North Korea.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un threw a military parade to show off the country's might and celebrate his grandfather's 105th birth anniversary.

The 'Day of the Sun' parade took place in North Korea's capital, Pyongyang.

Airplane food is often disgusting. After paying hundreds (or thousands) of dollars for a flight, passengers are served sad trays of rubbery chicken, powdered mashed potatoes, and tiny iceberg salads with ranch dressing.

Now there's a growing movement from US airlines to do better — for first class and business passengers, at least.

When American Airlines recently launched a 15-hour direct flight from Los Angeles to Sydney, Australia, it also debuted a new menu. Flight attendants offer first-class passengers complimentary glasses of 2010 Penfolds Grange Shiraz (normally $850 per bottle) and roasted sirloin steak with red wine sauce.

Travelers in the economy cabin are still only treated to peanuts (They will, however, get complimentary spirits or wraps and chips on coast-to-coast flights starting May 1).

The improvements in first and business class have more to do with the economics of the airline industry than they do with a desire to provide better service, Richard Foss, culinary historian and author of "Food in the Air and Space: The Surprising History of Food and Drink in the Skies," tells Business Insider.

Foss has studied the history of airline food for over a decade, from the glory days in the '70s when airlines served lobster to today's inflight tuna sandwiches. Here's a look at that history, and how airlines are trying to bring back the golden age of airline dining for high-paying passengers.

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When planes first became a more common way to travel in the 1930s, there wasn't a distinction between first and economy class. Inflight dining on US airlines often included free sandwiches, a simple meal to comfort passengers on turbulent flights.

As flight technology improved and planes grew larger after World War II, cabins became more comfortable and meal selections improved, Foss says.

The meals were often extravagant, because the planes were smaller (and thus easier to serve), and there was only one flight class.

You can easily argue that the Chevy Bolt is the most important car General Motors has ever rolled out. What we have here is a $37,495 all-electric vehicle with a range of nearly 240 miles on a single battery charge. GM took it from intro to the assembly line in less than two years, in the process beating the avidly anticipated Tesla Model 3 to market by at least a year. 

So what makes the Bolt more important than, say, the Cadillac XT5 crossover SUV or a new Corvette? 

The Bolt is a completely different kind of "halo" car. Like the Toyota Prius gas-electric hybrid 15 years ago — based initially on the homely Toyota Echo compact sedan — the Bolt is anti-sexy. Teslas, of course, drip sex appeal.

We all know, however, that mass-market car buyers don't buy sexy. They bought the Prius because it promised low emissions and great fuel economy. And GM is betting that they'll buy the Bolt because it represents more of an idea about mobility than a specific experience of an automobile. The Bolt is accessible, affordable, versatile, high-tech, and is adaptable to ride-sharing and ride-hailing. It's also fun, but not crazy-knock-your-socks-off fun. 

A platform, not business as usual

In short, the Bolt is a platform rather than a commitment to a reliable automotive premise. For that, GM has Corvettes and Camaros — cars that do their thing and do it well, but that aren't flexible. 

The Bolt was designed and engineered to give GM options. They'll sell some, they'll lease some, but they'll also plug the Bolt into GM's Maven mobility division and into its partnership with Lyft for ride-hailing. They'll build in self-driving technologies developed both in-house and technologies acquired through the company's purchase of Silicon Valley startup Cruise Automation.

For a decade, Tesla has given us the car of the future: a sexy, high-performance, networked, and lately semi-self-driving luxury electric car. Last year, Chevy brought us the new car of the future: relatively inexpensive, with decent performance, also networked, and most importantly, plugged into multiple business models. Oh, and it's manufactured at massive industrial scale in the USA.

The Bolt has been on sale in California and Oregon since last year and should appear in the Northeast in a few months. Thus far, sales have been limited, about 1,000 a month. We'll see if that number improves when the car is more widely available. (If you find yourself at the New York Auto Show over the next few weeks, you can check out the Bolt live and in person at the Chevy booth.)

We were lucky enough to get our hands on a well-optioned 2017 Bolt Premier, tipping the cost scales at $43,015 (Chevy is offering only two trim levels of the car, the LT being the base version). We'd driven pre-production versions of the vehicle, but this was our first crack at sampling its talents in the wilds of the New York-New Jersey area.

Here's how it went:

Photos by Hollis Johnson.

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The base Bolt is $37,495, which means that a $7,500 federal tax credit drops the price to just under $30,000. Our tester was the Premier trim, which starts at $40,905. Once some options were added, we were looking at about $43,000.

Our "Summit White" bow-tie badged Bolt arrived just ahead of a blizzard in the New York area.

The Bolt was envisioned by the carmaker's Korean studio, a lab for the company's small-car platforms. Because it was engineered around its large, 60 kWh LG battery pack — which provides actual structural integrity to the car — the Bolt is distinctive within GM's global lineup. That said, it does have that compact-crossover-hatchback look.