Anyone who saw the documentary or Broadway play would likely balk at living in the actual home that "Grey Gardens" inspired. After all, the home was in poor shape during the filming of the documentary, and it's even rumored to be haunted.

But eight months after being put onto the market, the home has finally found a buyer, the Washington Post reported. It was originally listed for just shy of $20 million in February, though that price was reduced to $17.995 million in April. 

The East Hampton, New York, mansion now looks nothing like it did in the 1975 documentary showcasing the lives of Jackie Kennedy Onassis' ex-socialite relatives. 

Journalist and author Sally Quinn purchased the mansion with her husband, the late Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee, for $220,000 in 1979. They completely rehabilitated it to the current splendor that it now shows, according to The New York Times.

Quinn would not diclose the name of the buyer or what he or she paid, though she told the Post that this individual "really understands the house." She added that she will be holding an estate sale of many of the home's furniture pieces, including things she found when she first bought the house.

The Corcoran Group had the listing.

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The home has the slate exterior of a typical Hamptons home.

Walk past the sizable porch ...

... and enter a home of stately beauty.

Sometimes all it takes is an unexpected act of romance to show someone how much you care.

Whether you're doing it as a grand declaration of love or want to give them a simple surprise, a romantic gesture will bring a smile to your partner's face. 

Here are 23 romantic gestures that your partner will appreciate.

Do the dishes or a chore that your significant other hates doing.

Find out whatever it is that they hate doing the most and do it for them. Even if it's just a one time thing, it'll mean the world that you've listened and remembered. 

Pick up the phone and give them a call instead of texting them.

Have a long drive? Or a funny story about something that just happened to you? Pick up the phone and give your partner a ring.

In this day and age, they may be confused that you opted out of texting to actually talk, but they'll find it romantic when you explain that you just wanted to hear their voice. 

Make a plan instead of debating where to eat or what movie to see.

Sometimes it's nice not to think. Plan out a night that you know they'll love and save yourselves the time and annoyance of picking out where to go. 

• Pollution is one of the leading causes of death worldwide.
• The US is the only developed country in the top 10. It ranks at number eight.
• It is estimated that toxic exposure caused at least 9 million premature deaths in 2015.

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Environmental pollution— from filthy air to contaminated water — is killing more people every year than all war and violence in the world. More than smoking, hunger or natural disasters. More than AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined.

One out of every six premature deaths in the world in 2015 — about 9 million — could be attributed to disease from toxic exposure, according to a major study released Thursday in the Lancet medical journal. The financial cost from pollution-related death, sickness and welfare is equally massive, the report says, costing some $4.6 trillion in annual losses — or about 6.2% of the global economy.

"There's been a lot of study of pollution, but it's never received the resources or level of attention as, say, AIDS or climate change," said epidemiologist Philip Landrigan, dean of global health at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, and the lead author of the report.

The report marks the first attempt to pull together data on disease and death caused by all forms of pollution combined.

While the top 10 countries with the highest death tolls were reported mostly in Asia, a few countries outside the region appeared on the list, including the US and a few African nations. The US is the only developed country ranked in the top 10.

Here are the countries with the highest number of pollution-related deaths in the world:

SEE ALSO: Vintage photos taken by the EPA reveal what America looked like before pollution was regulated

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#10 — Democratic Republic of the Congo: 123,942 (18% of all deaths)

#9 — Ethiopia: 129,450 (19.1% of all deaths)

#8 — United States: 155,155 (5.7% of all deaths)

Warning: Spoilers ahead for all of "Stranger Things" season one.

Netflix's hit series "Stranger Things" returns for a second season on October 27. Though Eleven defeated the Demogorgon at the end of the first season, Hawkins is still in danger and Will Byers is seeing flashes of the Upside Down. In case you haven't re-binged the whole series again, we're here to remind you of every important character and their names.

From Mike's friend group to all the parents and teachers, keep reading for a review of all your favorite characters.

SEE ALSO: 7 important details you might have missed in the 'Stranger Things' season 2 trailer

Eleven is a young girl with psychic and telekinetic powers.

Eleven, or El, escaped from Hawkins Lab after she spent her whole life being studied and used for government spying. El is most recognizable with her shaved head or blonde wig, but for the second season her natural brown hair has grown out into curls.

Will Byers disappeared into the Upside Down, triggering the series' events.

The opening scene of the first episode shows Will vanishing into thin air. Later we learn that he's been taken by the monstrous Demogorgon into the Upside Down, and it's up to his friends and family to save him.

Mike Wheeler is the de facto leader of his friend group.

From leading his friends in Dungeons and Dragons games to spearheading the hunt for Will, Mike spent the first season of "Stranger Things" juggling his friendships with his feelings for newcomer Eleven.

No one has more insider knowledge about flying than airline workers.

To unearth 14 lesser-known facts about flying, Business Insider surveyed more than 80 airline workers including flight attendants, gate agents, ticket agents, and other airport customer service reps and scoured the web including Reddit and Quora for more.

Whether you want more attentive service or to avoid getting kicked off your flight, read on for the inside scoop:

SEE ALSO: 15 things everyone gets wrong about working for an airline, according to flight attendants and gate agents who do

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You can't physically open a door mid-flight — though trying could get you kicked off the plane

Annette Long, a flight attendant with 13 years of experience, tells Business Insider that, though opening a door mid-flight is impossible to do, trying it will still get you into trouble. As we've seen in previous incidents, passengers who try to make a jump for it while the plane is in the air usually wind up restrained mid-flight and in handcuffs once the plane lands. In some cases, pilots will make an emergency landing to get the passenger off the flight.

"I don't make those decisions," Long says. "I convey the information to the cockpit and the chief flight attendant, and they make the decision about whether or not we're going to land and get someone off the plane.

"Most of the pilots say to us, 'If you've got a problem with them, I've got a problem with them,' and they will back us up 100%," Long says.

Airplanes aren't nearly as clean as they might look

As Business Insider previously reported, microbiologists have found tray tables to be the least hygienic surface on an airplane.

As one flight attendant writes on Reddit, people change their babies' diapers on their tray tables all the time. And then, not every tray table gets wiped thoroughly between each flight. 

What's more, "remember, they're using a rag to start row one, and when they end up in row 35, that rag has wiped a lot of tables," Long says.

The flight attendant writing on Reddit also says that many unsanitary incidents occur on the plane that passengers rarely see or consider, like accidents in the lavatory or a passenger's seat. "Just so you know, when you go to the bathroom and you're barefoot or you're in your socks, that's not water on the floor," Long says.

"It's just not the cleanest environment," she says.

You can bring your e-cigs, but the plane won't take off with a Samsung Galaxy Note 7 on board

A few exploding items have been banned from airplanes in recent years, though some not in their entirety.

Last March, a Delta Air Lines flight was delayed at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport after an e-cigarette belonging to a passenger ignited on board the flight.

But while the lithium ion batteries in e-cigarettes have shown a propensity to ignite if they are damaged, battery-powered portable electronic smoking devices are permitted on planes as long as they're not checked or being used.

Your exploding Galaxy Note 7, however, is a different story. These smartphone devices are completely banned by the Department of Transportation from air transportation to, from, or in the US.

The technology of photography was invented in fits and starts in the early 1800s. Looking at the earliest photos across the United States offers a sense of where the country was at the time, what the landscape looked like, and what its people looked like.

But it's not always easy to tell what the oldest photo is from each state. The records don't always exist, the photos seldom survive, pictures appear in unorganized collections, and not all of them are easily accessible. For this list, we relied largely on the photo archives of the Library of Congress and a few other sources.

The photos are often portraits of important people and, for the more western states, often landscapes and construction scenes. Each one has a story. Who took it? Why there?

Of course, the United States didn't always include 50 of them. In 1850, for example, right around the boom of photography in the country, we had only 31 states and four territories. Nonetheless, all 50 states are included here — plus the District of Columbia.

Alabama: A group portrait of the children of a successful local businessman.

The photo "Sons of Edmund King of Montevallo, Alabama: William Woodson King, E. Thomas King, Peyton King, and Nathaniel King" dates back to around 1850, according to the Alabama Department of Archives and History.

Alaska: A group of Native Americans at Fort Tongass.

One of the earliest photographs in Alaska was taken by the legendary artist Eadweard Muybridge on a trip to Fort Tongass in 1968, decades before the territory became a part of the United States. He photographed a group of Tlingit People living in the area.

Arizona: Much of the country first saw Arizona through geological expeditions.

Taken by a New Yorker named Timothy H. O'Sullivan, this photo shows the beginning of an expedition through Colorado from Camp Mojave, Arizona.

The key to winning in college football is a good coach and top-notch recruiting. Texas thinks they have the former in new coach Tom Herman, and he has a leg up on the latter thanks to a new locker room.

The University of Texas recently spent $10 million renovating their athletic center and $7 million of that went to the football locker room alone. That renovation included new custom-designed lockers that cost about $8,700 each. 

The new bells and whistles will certainly impress any high school recruits who walk through.

Below we take a closer look at the locker room and the lockers. 

You enter the locker room by pulling on the Longhorns logo.

A lot of locker rooms have the team logo on the floor. The Longhorns now have a glowing Bevo on the ceiling. Can't step on that.

There are signs with the program's "core values," which includes "treat women with respect."

The 2017 college football season has already been one to remember — complete with hail mary finishes, never-ending fumbles, and four top-ten losses just last weekend alone.

If you haven't been paying close attention to the college football season so far, no need for worry — there's still plenty of time to catch up. That said, this is a good weekend to start watching, as tons of games happening this Saturday have the chance to have major implications for the postseason, with Big Ten rivals battling for supremacy and a whole mess of Group of 5 schools all fighting for a single spot in a New Year's Six bowl.

Take a look below to get an idea of the can't-miss games this Saturday, and set your DVR accordingly.

#2 Penn State vs. #19 Michigan

Where to watch: ABC, 7:30 p.m.

What’s at stake: The most important game of the season so far for both teams, this game is the start of a make-or-break stretch for the Nittany Lions if they want to make the playoff this year. Meanwhile, the Wolverines would love to play spoiler on "White Out" night in Happy Valley, where the mood will be electric.

#13 Notre Dame vs. #11 USC

Where to watch: NBC, 7:30 p.m.

What’s at stake: Whoever wins this game has a path to make the college football playoff at the end of the season, while the loser will face an uphill battle as a two-loss team and will likely be left on the outside looking in when the playoff committee meets to make its fateful decision. Outside of the playoff implications, this is just a classic rivalry game that has had some memorable matchups in recent years. It's a crime that kickoff is on at the same time as Penn State-Michigan, but on the bright side, it's two great games to toggle between.

Navy vs. #20 UCF

Where to watch: CBS Sports Network, 3:30 p.m.

What’s at stake: The American Athletic Conference has produced some solid teams in recent years and impressed in bowl games against Power 5 schools. This game between two of the conferences two top teams could have big ramifications down the line — not only is it a huge game for conference supremacy, the winner will have a shot at running the table and potentially being the top-ranked Group of 5 team and secure a spot in a New Year's Six bowl game. Also, if you haven't seen them yet this season, Navy is one of the most entertaining teams to watch this year. Its option offense is running as smoothly as ever.

This fall has been quite disappointing for new TV shows, but that's actually a good thing. 

With so little shows being worth your time, you'll actually have time to catch up on those that matter. Netflix dominated this year, since more than half of the shows on our list are Netflix Originals.

If you don't watch them right now, you should definitely add them to your queue.

Here are the best new shows of fall 2017, ranked: 

SEE ALSO: These are the 7 most popular new TV shows this fall

5. "The Deuce"— HBO

With "The Deuce," David Simon proves that he's not a one trick pony. Simon knows how to make gritty, hard-to-watch characters and stories impossible to look away from. "The Deuce," set in the 70s and starring James Franco, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Method Man, follows the rise of the porn industry, specifically in New York City's Times Square. 

4. "The Mayor"— ABC

This earnest, clever comedy is a welcome presence to ABC's comedy lineup. The show is about a rapper who, in an attempt to promote himself, runs for mayor. The problem? He unexpectedly wins, and has to actually be the mayor. It's fresh and politically relevant, which essentially makes it a network version of incredible comedies like "Atlanta" (FX) and "Insecure" (HBO). 

2. "Big Mouth"— Netflix

This charming but vulgar Netflix series follows seventh graders experiencing — or about to experience — puberty. Their bodies are changing, and they're developing sexual desires. Following around these pre-teens are "hormone monsters," who are both helpful and very, very awful. The show comes from the mind of Nick Kroll, and features the voices of Jordan Peele, John Mulaney, Fred Armisen, Jenny Slate, Jason Mantzoukas, Maya Rudolph, and more. 

You can read out our interview with the show's co-creator, Andrew Goldberg, here. 

Dreamforce is Salesforce's massive tech conference that practically shuts down the city of San Francisco for the better part of a week and it will begin soon: November 6 to 9.

The streets of San Francisco will be packed with the 170,000 attendees eager to learn about tech and enjoy an onslaught of music concerts, parties and other events.

To do this event right takes a bit of planning, and maybe even a bit of shopping.

With over 2,700 sessions, speakers like former First Lady Michelle Obama, a concert featuring Alicia Keys and Lenny Kravitz, and countless unofficial meetings to be had, it's a busy time and a doozy to plan for. You may have your tickets booked and a calender filled out, but are you really ready for Dreamforce?

Maybe not. But have no fear. We've compiled the five things you need to know before showing up to Dreamforce this year. Don't say we didn't warn you.

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Buy new shoes

San Francisco's Moscone Center is the central hub for Dreamforce, but the event actually takes place across multiple venues in the SoMa (South of Market) neighborhood — not to mention the after parties scattered throughout the city.

That means even the most indolent attendees will find themselves racking up steps on their fitness trackers.

"I actually go out and buy some shoes every year because it really really takes its toll," said Ben McCarthy, a Salesforce consultant and founder of the industry blog Salesforce Ben. "You don't notice it until you do and you see that your feet are completely destroyed."

This is a vital part of Dreamforce prep, he said, because if the conference doesn't get to you, the city will.

"I was warned about the hills. Don't under estimate the scale of the US. On Google Maps it doesn't look that big at all, but I think I've got the record on my Fitbit in San Francisco," McCarthy said, who's flying in for the event from London. 

(Pro tip: If you're buying new shoes anyway, don't forget to throw in a pair of compression socks. They gently squeeze your legs, which increases blood flow to reduce swelling and aching.)

Pack a portable phone charger — or two

Dreamforce is known for its extensive swag, and branded portable chargers are a popular option across conferences this year. But when it comes to keeping your phone charged, it's better to be safe than sorry.

"Definitely take a portable charger," said McCarthy. "They run down over the year, so I get a new one for Dreamforce."

While Dreamforce has plenty of wall outlets where people can plug in their laptops or chargers, McCarthy said that he spends so much time running around, it's not practical to sit around waiting for a phone to charge. 

Plan your agenda, but don't overbook

The Dreamforce agenda builder went live in early October, which was a pretty big deal for veterans of the conference. 

The Salesforce tool lets attendees browse the dense session offerings and reserve spots on their schedule. While reserved spots are limited, a number of the sessions also have room for walk-ins, or take extra people once it's clear that people who reserved a seat aren't going to show up.

With over 2,700 sessions (and a limited number of seats), many attendees feel compelled to pack their days with back-to-back sessions. But this is not advised. 

"With the conference prep, I think people should really spending time with the agenda and figure out ahead of time which sessions they want to get," said Bryan Parker, CEO of DoubleDutch, a mobile app developer. 

Salesforce offers sessions for 18 industries, 20 job titles, 26 products, and three levels of expertise. So there are already several criteria that help attendees focus on the best sessions for their own needs.

McCarthy suggested that attendees sign up for only two or three sessions a day, so that they can spend the rest of the time networking and exploring some of the more passive learning experiences that the conference has to offer. 

"You've got to prioritize the things you want to explore," McCarthy said. 

Hong Kong is in the midst of a housing crisis. As prices begin to rise and the city grows denser, some have resorted to living in the smallest of spaces. 

Since 2012, photographer Benny Lam has been documenting the housing situation in Hong Kong by focusing his camera on what have become known as "coffin homes" or "coffin cubicles." Some of these homes are as small as 20 square feet, and most have no windows. Diseases can easily spread among the more than 200,000 people that live in the tight quarters of these homes. 

With help from the Society for Community Organization, which fights for human rights in Hong Kong, Lam has been able to exhibit his work and help spread the word about these dangerous living conditions. See some of this photos below. 

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Lam's series is titled "Trapped."

His work was recently recognized by Prix Pictet, a photography award that highlights work documenting environmental sustainability issues.

Hong Kong does not have much land that is suitable for development, and the city is getting denser.

Mark Zuckerberg, the 33-year-old founder and CEO of Facebook, has a net worth of $74 billion and counting.

He's currently the fifth richest person in the world, according to Bloomberg's Billionaires Index, but it seems he doesn't have a taste for opulence. Especially when it comes to cars, clothes, and travel.

As a member of the Giving Pledge and cofounder of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, the Harvard dropout has dedicated much of his current and future fortune to charitable causes.

Keep reading to find out exactly how Zuckerberg and Chan spend their billions.

SEE ALSO: A typical day in the life of Mark Zuckerberg, who wears the same thing every day and tucks his daughter in every night

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In May 2012, eight years after its founding, Facebook debuted on the New York Stock Exchange. At the time, it was the biggest technology IPO in history. Each year since then, Zuckerberg has added an average of $9 billion to his net worth.

Source:Fortune

Despite his status as one of the richest tech moguls on earth, the Harvard dropout leads a low-key lifestyle with his wife Priscilla Chan and their two young daughters.

Like many other Silicon Valley stalwarts, Zuckerberg favors a uniform. Though casual in appearance, his signature grey t-shirts and hoodies are designed by luxury brands and are reportedly much more expensive than they look, retailing for hundreds and even thousands of dollars.

Source:Business Insider, GQ

Startup growth is on the rise — and not just in San Francisco and New York. 

That's according to the 2017 Kauffman Index of Growth Entrepreneurship, a study that measures startup growth at the city, state, and national level.

The study focuses on metrics like the average employment growth at startups, how many companies have scaled up, and how many high-growth startups are in a given area. This year, entrepreneurship grew in 26 of the 40 metro areas measured.

The usual big players like San Francisco and Boston stayed relatively stable compared to 2016's ranking, but other mid-sized cities went through some changes in the past year: Indianapolis and Atlanta both jumped 10 spots since last year, and Minneapolis cracked the top 10. 

Here are the 21 cities with the highest startup growth:

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21. Portland (Portland, Vancouver, Hillsboro)

Rank in 2016: 31

Rate of startup growth: 93.8%

20. Seattle (Seattle, Tacoma, Bellevue)

Rank in 2016: 21

Rate of startup growth: 80.4%

19. Houston (Houston, Sugar Land, Baytown)

Rank in 2016: 14

Rate of startup growth: 78.3%

The most recent satellite images of the Russian-operated Hmeimim air base in Syria show Moscow has deployed more advanced fighter jets to the region, according to The Drive.

The satellite images, taken in mid-July, show 33 jets and a smaller number of fixed-wing aircraft.

There could, however, be more than 33, as some jets and aircraft could have been conducting sorties or flying elsewhere when the images were taken.

Moscow first sent fighter jets to Syria to help the Assad regime, which is a large purchaser of Russian arms, in 2015 — but that was mostly older attack aircraft, such as the Su-24 Fencer.

Here's what Russia has in Syria now.

SEE ALSO: Russia just got a new batch of Su-34 fighter jets — here's what they can do

NOW READ: 15 photos of the MiG-31, the Russian fighter jet that can chase away SR-71 Blackbirds

1. Su-24

The satellite images from July showed 11 Su-24 Fencers, but that number might now be 10, since one Fencer crashed last week, killing both pilots. 

The Su-24 is one of Russia's older aircraft and will eventually be replaced by the Su-34, but it can still carry air-to-air and air-to-surface missiles, as well as laser-guided bombs. 

2. Su-25

The July satellite images showed three Su-25 Frogfoots.

The Frogfoot is another of Russia's older attack aircraft. It's designed to make low-flying attack runs and is comparable to the US's legendary A-10 Warthog. 

Su-25s had flown more than 1,600 sorties and dropped more than 6,000 bombs by March 2016, just six months after their arrival in Syria.  

This photo, taken near the Hmeimim air base in 2015, shows an Su-25 carrying OFAB-250s, which are high-explosive fragmentation bombs.

Source: Sim Tack, chief military analyst at Force Analysis. 

Bitcoin hit a record high of $6,150 on Friday, October 20, after a dismal September in which the cryptocurrency fell to $2,900 a coin on September 15.

Two years ago, the idea of buying the virtual currency even at that price was laughable. After a rapid rise in value in 2013, the cryptocurrency's value more than halved by mid-2015.

At its lowest point, one bitcoin was equal to about $230.

Given the currency's covert nature, the average person still may not understand how buying and selling actually works.

Using the app Coinbase, which lets anyone trade bitcoins for a small fee, we decided to find out.

A brief warning: If you're going to do this, tell your bank you're about to buy bitcoin. More on that later.

SEE ALSO: Bitcoin is trying to make a comeback

This is what the Coinbase app looks like on an iPhone.

When you first open the app, you're presented with the latest price of bitcoin and its change within a certain period. You can see in the chart below how wild the latest moves have been. (We bought the bitcoin in January 2017.)

I happen to be one of the many who have never traded bitcoin before. There's a certain level of wariness in buying into the cryptocurrency world.

The time has come at last: the Great Pumpkin-ing is upon us. Consume copious amounts of orange-colored "pumpkin"-flavored foods and drinks, and be merry!

From breakfast cereals to favorite candies, the flavor is everywhere. But is any of it good?

We tasted all the pumpkin-spice products we could find at Target, Whole Foods, Trader Joe's, CVS, Dunkin' Donuts, and Panera Bread to find out.

Here's our ranking of the 20 pumpkin-spice products we tasted:

Marina Nazario bravely contributed reporting on a previous version of this article.

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20. Trader Joe's pecan pumpkin instant oatmeal

The texture of the oatmeal, combined with a weak flavor, makes for a watery disappointment.

19. Pumpkin-spice candy corn

Incredibly gross. We couldn't discern any "pumpkin spice" flavoring, just straight sugar — unsurprising, considering it's candy corn.

18. Nature's Path Organic Pumpkin-N-Spice trail-mix granola bar

This granola bar lacks the taste of pumpkin spice. It's essentially sugar-coated pumpkin seeds, clumped together with trail mix.

Aircraft carriers are the cornerstone of America's naval capabilities. They're able to project air power anywhere in the world without having to depend on local bases.

And they are truly massive.

Spanning 1,092 feet long — three times the length of a football field — Nimitz-class warships like the USS George H.W. Bush are the largest aircraft carriers. See below for a selection of pictures showing how massive America's aircraft carriers are:

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The USS Nimitz conducts an aerial demonstration.

An aircraft director guides an F/A-18C Hornet onto a catapult aboard the USS Harry S. Truman.

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) transits the Strait of Hormuz.

All the recent focus on sexism and gender discrimination in Silicon Valley has obscured another long-festering diversity problem for the tech industry: ageism. 

Now job hiring website Indeed is shining a spotlight on the issue. The company recently conducted a survey of 1,011 currently employed US tech workers. The survey results indicate how little age diversity there is in tech and how little tech companies are doing to change the situation. 

One glaring finding: 46% of respondents said that the average employee age at their company was between 20 and 35.

Here's some of what Indeed found and how the industry is approaching the issue of age discrimination:

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Survey respondents said they mostly work with younger workers.

Only 26% of respondents to Indeed's survey said that the average employee at their firm was over 40.

That's not surprising given findings of other studies. According to data from 2014 collected by PayScale, a salary analysis company, the median age at Facebook is 28, and 30 at Google.

By contrast, the median age of members of the American labor force as a whole is 41.9, according to US Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Employees generally aren't worried about the paucity of older co-workers.

Only a fifth of survey respondents think the Baby Boomer generation is underrepresented at their company.

Older tech workers are more likely to look for jobs outside of Silicon Valley.

San Jose and San Francisco are the top two places tech workers of all ages seek to work. But Baby Boomers are much more likely than younger workers to look elsewhere for employment opportunities, Indeed found. And Boomers are more likely to seek employment in places younger workers shun.

For example, Huntsville, Alabama, ranked third on Boomer techies' list of most desired places to work in Indeed's study. Raleigh and Durham, North Carolina, ranked seventh and ninth, respectively. None of those cities made the top 10 list for either Millennial or Gen X tech workers.

Meanwhile, for younger tech workers, Austin, Texas, ranked number four after Seattle, but it didn't make the Boomers' list at all. 

Yes, it is possible to train your brain for success and satisfaction, in the workplace and in other aspects of your life. If you feel like you're constantly self-sabotaging yourself from achieving your goals, here are five key tips from "13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do" to help you develop mental strength, conquer hurdles, and ditch your fears.

SEE ALSO: 10 thoughtless things you do that make you less likable

Don't try to change things beyond your control — change your responses

You can't do anything about the bad things that happen to you — and these are bound to occur, no matter how well-prepared you are. The good news, though, is that you can change your reflexes and responses when things go awry. Try not to dwell on your misfortunes, as this can lead to getting stuck in a cycle of bitterness and developing the sort of entitled attitude that endears you to nobody. Keep in mind that the world doesn't owe you anything, and that if you hold onto that belief, it will not only frustrate you, but also undermine your performance.

Don't focus on others' thoughts and feelings

If you allow others to decide your self-worth, it gives them power over you, which makes you more vulnerable to manipulation — and distraction! Stand your ground and take control of your own actions. In the end, these are the only ones that you'll be held accountable for.

When it comes to your own projects, don't set your mind on pleasing people, and define your own boundaries. Thinking of yourself doesn't make you selfish, and neither does putting yourself first sometimes — but be discerning, as certain situations require definite levels of awareness of those around you.

Fear prevents you from taking risks and moving forward

The reason so many people perceive change to be scary is not only because stability is comfortable, of course, but because we tend to assume a small change will overhaul our lives completely — which can only make us put it off all the more.

For instance, trying to get fitter doesn't have to mean becoming a gym buff overnight — it can mean making small alterations to your life, such as eating fewer sweets, or taking the stairs instead of the elevator. The assumption of big, overwhelming changes is linked to the human tendency to overestimate risks, which leads to us not fulfilling our potential.

Another example is being determined to go freelance or found your own company, but at the same time too scared to quit your full-time job to make it happen. Gradual changes are key: You could save up money, working up to scaling down your hours so that you can commit to your venture.

• SAS is a software company based in Cary, North Carolina.
• Its 900-acre campus offers a ton of amenities and perks.
• Take a look inside.

Imagine you got to work in a village-sized campus with your nearly 6,000 coworkers. Some of your company's perks included a soccer field, daycare, tons of beautiful artwork, a pool, manicures, and as much food as you could ever want.

Well, that's just a day at work for SAS employees.

"SAS has always believed that if you treat people well, keep them challenged with interesting work, and respect them and their contributions, they will do their best work for you," Shannon Heath, senior communications specialist at SAS, told Business Insider. "Simply put — treat employees like they make a difference, and they will make a difference."

Back in the 1960s, SAS began as a humble software development project at North Carolina State University.

Since it became a company in 1976, its products have been adopted across Fortune 500 companies, and it has grown to have a market cap of $1.5 billion.

The design of its headquarters reflects both its status as a tech giant and its original academic routes.

Here's a look at the headquarters:

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SAS is the largest employer in Cary, North Carolina. There, its headquarters inhabits a sprawling and lush 900-acre campus. The space tends to draw on the company's collegiate roots.

Source: Cary Chamber of Commerce

"Putting people first and respecting the knowledge they have has always been a priority for the company," Heath said. "We believe creating a great work environment that people want to come to each day is critical for employees and for the business."

Buildings take up about 300 acres of the property, while 600 acres are dedicated to bodies of water, woodlands, and open, grassy spaces. The whole area is criss-crossed with trails for employees to walk, jog, and bike on.