With peak TV and the rise of audience's obsession with anti-heroes, it seems inevitable that you'll love to hate at least one fictional person on your favorite show. But sometimes characters also wind up being off-putting in ways the writers surely didn't intend.

From "nice guy" Ted Mosby to the iconically annoying Kimmy Gibbler, here are INSIDER's picks for the 47 most unlikable TV characters of all time.

Jeremy Jamm — "Parks and Recreation"

Councilman Jeremy Jam was the bane of Leslie Knope's existence. He constantly tried to impede any progress Leslie hoped to make for Pawnee, he was misogynistic and annoying and condescending. He thought he was better than everyone. Also, his "You just got jammed" catchphrase was annoying. — Anjelica Oswald

Jenny Humphrey — "Gossip Girl"

"Gossip Girl" had several storylines and characters that were arguably problematic, but Jenny Humphrey was a truly loathsome character. She started out as Dan's younger, innocent sister — but it didn't take long before she turned into a rebellious, wild child.

She tried too hard to climb the social ladder and gain popularity by any means possible. It was also clear that she wished she was as old as Dan and his friends. Oh, and she did some damage to the relationships between Nate and Serena and Chuck and Blair. Needless to say, when Jenny graduated from high school and left town, fans were overjoyed. — Olivia Singh

Joffrey Baratheon — "Game of Thrones"

"Game of Thrones" may be known for its morally grey characters, but Joffrey Baratheon (er, Lannister) was a rare little s--- who any warm-blooded viewer wanted to regularly throttle. Yes, Joffrey's screwed up parents are partly to blame for his sadistic nature, but that doesn't make him any more likable.

A significant chunk of credit must go to Jack Gleeson, the incredible actor who played the punchable Joffrey so well that many fans have trouble separating the real person from the character. — Kim Renfro

As the saying goes, "Do what you love, and you'll never work another day in your life."

These entrepreneurs did just that, and they've made millions!

From Jennifer Hyman and Jennifer Fleiss — fashion-savvy business school classmates who launched the highly successful apparel rental service Rent the Runway — to Mark Zuckerberg, who started the platform that became Facebook as a side project, here are 14 people who turned their hobbies into million- and billion-dollar careers.

Michelle Schroeder-Gardner, Making Sense of Cents

Michelle Schroeder-Gardner paid off $38,000 worth of student loans in just seven months after she graduated from business school. Her secret — and the reason she now earns more than $100,000 a month through her blog — is to focus on earning.

"The biggest reason for why I was able to pay off my student loans is because I earned as much money as I could outside of my day job," she explains on her personal finance and lifestyle blog, Making Sense of Cents. "I mystery shopped and got paid to take surveys, but the biggest thing I did was I made an income through my blog."

Schroeder-Gardner started Making Sense of Cents while pursuing an MBA in finance. Although she first envisioned it as more of a diary, the site now generates revenue through online classes she teaches on the site, affiliate marketing, and advertising (both company-sponsored ads and display ads). 

She and her husband both quit their jobs in 2013 and now travel across the US in an RV. 

Nadia Shuaib, Budget Electronics

After immigrating from Canada to Scotland, Nadia Shuaib turned her husband's part-time project into a multimillion-dollar e-commerce project — while studying for the Canadian bar! 

Shuaib listed a few of her husband's cell phone accessories on eBay. When the inventory quickly sold out, she decided to make her part-time project into a career. Now, her online store, Budget Electronics, which is based out of two Toronto warehouses, is a multimillion-dollar business.

Craig Newmark, Craigslist

Craig Newmark moved to San Francisco for a job in computer programming at Charles Schwab. When he was laid off, he made the most of the situation by using his severance package to start a small message board that aggregated events that fellow programmers might be interested in.

With terrific timing, Newmark's project coincided with the release of the early internet browser Netscape. With the addition of a job-listing section, the site, which eventually became Craigslist, boomed in popularity.

Today, Newmark's net worth is estimated to be $1.31 billion, according to Forbes.

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I own a lot of bath, body, and skincare products. Bottles, boxes, and accessories line the wall of my shower and clutter nearly every inch of my sink and under-sink cabinet. While my bathroom is actually newly renovated, you wouldn't think so based on the mess inhabiting it. 

If you're in the same (rapidly sinking) boat, just a handful of affordable purchases can quickly clear up the clutter and allow you to see your countertops again.

These under-$25 organization products, which can all be found on Amazon, mount to the wall, hang over your door, and slide into small spaces, allowing you to compartmentalize all your bath products into neat and tidy packages. When you can find your desired grooming tool or lotion in five seconds instead of five minutes, your morning and night routines become significantly less stressful.

Take the time to throw out all your empty bottles and unused products, then re-organize your remaining belongings with these affordable bathroom organization products. 

A towel rack that mounts to the wall or hangs over your door and can hold three large bath towels

mDesign Bathroom Towel Holder Bar, $19.99

A small makeup organizer for your countertop beauty essentials

Ikee Design Acrylic Jewelry & Cosmetic Storage Display, $13.99 

A sturdy, rust-resistant shower caddy with external towel hanging hooks

InterDesign Metalo Adjustable Over Door Shower Caddy, $17.90

After months of speculation that reached a fever pitch in the past few weeks, Drake seems to have finally confirmed publicly that he fathered a son with former adult film actress Sophie Brussaux in lyrics from his new album "Scorpion."

In one specific lyric, Drake claims that he wasn't trying to hide his son from the world, but "hiding the world from my kid."

This would not be the first instance of a famous person trying to keep their personal lives private when it comes to children. From Kylie Jenner attempting to keep the world in the dark about her pregnancy to Arnold Schwarzenegger's son with his housekeeper, here are 10 celebrities who tried to keep their family lives private.

Kylie Jenner was able to keep her pregnancy a relative secret for nine months.

Jenner was able to keep out of the spotlight for nine months, and made it impossible for fans to know the truth. 

TMZ first speculated about Jenner's pregnancy in September 2017. And for five months, the reality star kept all of social media and her fans on their toes, waiting to see if she would make an appearance with a baby bump. 

The 20-year-old officially announced the birth of her daughter with Travis Scott in February 2018. Jenner apologized to fans for "keeping them in the dark," but said she "needed to prepare for this role of a lifetime in the most positive, stress free, and healthy way."

According to Nia Guzman, Chris Brown "always knew about [their daughter]," but the world didn't find out until Royalty was 9 months old.

Brown's daughter Royalty was born in May 2014, though the world didn't learn about her until she was nine months old in March 2015, when TMZ reported that Brown had fathered a child.

Guzman told Latina Magazine"the world didn't find out about her until a year ago. [Chris] always knew about her, he just wasn't ready to deal with the situation."

Brown told a different story to Vibe, claiming he had no idea Royalty was his daughter until a paternity test was administered, though he had had suspicions about Royalty, which Guzman refuted. "I asked, and [Nia] was like 'Nah, it's not you.' So I was like cool, I didn't think it was an issue," he told Vibe magazine.

Linda Evangelista kept quiet about the identity of her son's father, until she publicly named him in court.

Evangelista gave birth to her son in October 2006, and refused to reveal who the father was. But five years later, People reported that Evangelista named François-Henri Pinault in court papers she filed to request child support from the tycoon. Pinault was already dating his future-wife Salma Hayek at the time of the birth.

In October 2007, Page Six approached Pinault for a comment regarding the paternity of the baby — he denied any involvement. But testimony in the 2011 case revealed that Pinault knew about the pregnancy, and had encouraged Evangelista to terminate it.

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• Now through July 4, you can save 40% on outdoor apparel and gear at REI
• The sale includes limited-time summer deals as well as clearance items.

From late-night bonfires to spending days at the lake, summertime is all about enjoying the outdoors. This Independence Day, REI is having a huge sale that will make you want to do exactly that — while saving plenty of money in the process.

Now through July 4, you can save up to 40% on outdoor apparel and gear. The sale includes limited-time deals that are perfect for the summer as well as clearance items from this and past seasons.

Some of the many deals include 25% off Hydro Flask water bottles, 25% off all ENO Hammocks, and up to 30% off tents and sleeping bags. Additionally, you'll find an abundance of deals on clothing, footwear, and accessories for men and women.

Whether you're a hardcore outdoorsman or an average person planning a camping trip, REI's Fourth of July Sale has everything you need to make the best of your adventure.

Shop the REI Fourth of July Sale now.

To help you navigate the sale, we rounded up some of the best deals included. Check them out, below:

Men's Mammut Wenaha Rain Jacket

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Men's The North Face Ventrix Insulated Jacket

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O'Neill Lennox Board Shorts

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• Five people were killed and two others were injured when a gunman fired at people in the Capital Gazette newsroom in Annapolis, Maryland, on Thursday.
• The victims held various roles within the company; several had decades of experience in journalism.

Five people were killed and two others were injured when a gunman fired at people in the Capital Gazette newsroom in Annapolis, Maryland, on Thursday afternoon.

The victims held various roles within the company; several had decades of experience in journalism.

"Devastated & heartbroken. Numb. Please stop asking for information/interviews," Jimmy DeButts, community news editor of the Capital Gazette, said in a tweet. "I'm in no position to speak, just know Capital Gazette reporters & editors give all they have every day. There are no 40 hour weeks, no big paydays - just a passion for telling stories from our community."

A Bloomberg journalist started a crowdfunding campaign to help support the victims. As of early Friday morning, it had raised more than $50,000 of its $70,000 goal. That goal had previously been set to $30,000. It was raised several times as the donation pledges added up.

Here's what we know about the victims of the attack:

Gerald Fischman, 61

Fischman was an editorial writer at The Capital Gazette.

He is survived by his wife.

Fischman had worked at the newspaper company since 1992, where he was noted for his quiet personality that "hid the brilliant mind, wry wit and 'wicked pen,'" according to his colleagues cited in a Baltimore Sun report.

"He was the consummate newspaper professional," Kathy Flynn, a former features editor, said in The Sun. "He took ultimate care, he made sure that every sentence was exactly what he wanted to say."

He graduated from the University of Maryland's journalism school in 1979.

You can read his articles here »

Robert Hiaasen, 59

Hiaasen had been an assistant editor at the Capital Gazette since 2010, and a feature writer for the Baltimore Sun before that. 

"I just want people to know what an in­cred­ibly gentle, generous, and gifted guy my brother was," Hiassen's brother Carl, said to The Washington Post.

"He was an unforgettably warm and uplifting presence as a father and brother," Carl said. "But he also had dedicated his whole life to journalism."

Hiaasen graduated from the University of Florida. He was also an adjunct lecturer at the University of Maryland, according to The Post.

You can read his articles here »

John McNamara, 56

McNamara reported on a variety of topics for the Capital Gazette for over 20 years, according to The Washington Post.

He is survived by his wife, Andrea Chamblee.

McNamara's news coverage included sports, a topic he would later write about in a book about the University of Maryland's football program.

"Definitely a pen and paper guy," David Elfin, his coauthor on a book about basketball, said to The Washington Post. "He didn't wear a fedora, but maybe he should have."

You can read his articles here »

• More than one thousand women from all over the US marched in the streets and occupied the Hart Senate Office Building on Thursday.
• They were protesting the Trump administration's immigration policies and calling for the abolition of Immigration Customs and Enforcement.
• At least 575 women were arrested, according to Capitol police.

More than one thousand demonstrators& from 47 states descended on Washington, DC, for a peaceful protest and sit-in over a "zero tolerance" immigration policy the Trump administration has touted in recent weeks. That police had led to the separation of thousands of children from their parents before the Trump administration halted the separations in late June.

Hundreds of children remain separated from their parents in shelters throughout the US.

The protesters occupied the Hart Senate Office Building on Thursday while wearing foil blankets that resembled those worn by children being held in detention facilities on the US-Mexico border. During their sit-in they called for the reunification of families and the dissolution of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency.

Several prominent members of Congress, including Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts joined in solidarity with the protesters.

In all, Capitol police arrested at least 575 women for the misdemeanor offense of unlawfully demonstrating in the Capitol. Two of those arrested included actress Susan Sarandon and Rep. Pramila Jayapal, who serves the 7th Congressional District of Washington state.

These incredible photos that show the size and impact of the event:

The protesters first marched from the Freedom Plaza in Washington, DC, to Capitol Hill. The march and civil disobedience in the Capitol was organized by the Women's March, the Center for Popular Democracy, and CASA in Action

Source: Vox

Protesters held colorful signs calling for an end to family separations, reunification of families, and the dissolution of ICE

Source: Vox

One woman held up a powerful photo and sign of her grandmother, a Holocaust survivor. Many have compared the family separation to various forms of concentration camps throughout history

Actor George Takei, who lived in a Japanese internment camp at age 5, wrote an op-ed in Foreign Policy in which he drew comparisons to Japanese internment camps and the Trump administration's now-defunct practice of causing the separation of children from their parents as a consequence of crossing the US border illegally.

"At least during the internment, when I was just 5 years old, I was not taken from my parents," Takei wrote. 

Source:  Foreign Policy

• China's version of the American SAT and British A-level exams takes place in June every year.
• It's called the gaokao, and is known as one of the toughest exams in the world.
• Lots of western universities now take Chinese students based on their gaokao scores, rather than other standardized tests.
• Scroll down to see past questions.

The US, Europe, Australia, and Canada may see an influx of Chinese students in the coming years as more and more universities admit them based on China's notoriously tough national standardized test.

Earlier this month the University of New Hampshire became the first US state university to accept students based on their scores their scores in the gaokao, China's amped up version of the US SAT or British A-level exams.

Australia's University of Sydney, Canada's University of Toronto, Italy's Accademia delle Belle Arti di Firenze and some private US institutions also accept it.

The gaokao — which means "high exam" in Chinese — takes place over two days in June across the country every year. More than 9.7 million people across the country took it this year, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

The subjects on the test vary by region but typically include the Chinese language, mathematics, and a foreign language (typically English), Xinhua said.

The hardest questions are the essays — which can range from the student's views on philosophy, history, the environment, and President Xi Jinping's policies.

Try and tackle 15 questions from past gaokao exams here:

If x + y ≥ a, x - y ≤ -1, and the minimum value of z = x + ay = 7, what is a?

A. -5

B. -5 or 3

C. 3

D. 5 or -3

Answer: B

Source: Gaokao 2018 via People's Daily

Between June and August, a cruise ship travels from Fujian province to Venice, via Mumbai, as part of Xi's "21st century maritime silk road" strategy. Which of the following would it experience on the way?

A. When passing through the South China Sea, the cruise will face continuous rain.

B. When passing through the Arabian Sea, the cruise will sail against winds and currents.

C. When passing through the Red Sea, large stretches of forests will be seen alongside the coast.

D. When passing through the Mediterranean Sea, the cruise will experience several days of rainstorms.

Answer: B.

Source: Gaokao 2015, via China Daily

Related: Inside 'Belt and Road,' China's mega-project that is linking 70 countries across Asia, Europe, and Africa

Four students can choose to participate in a charity event either on Saturday or Sunday. What’s the probability that there is at least one student at both Saturday's and Sunday's events?

A. 1/8

B. 3/8

C. 5/8

D. 7/8

Answer: D.

Source: Gaokao, year unknown, via Bloomberg

The 2018 World Cup has had its fair share of "must-see" moments.

From Japan and Colombia fans staying after the final whistles of their respective group matches to tidy up after themselves, to Belgian striker Michy Batshuayi kicking the ball into his own face when attempting to celebrate a goal.

The quality of actual soccer has been high with Harry Kane, Romelu Lukaku, and Cristiano Ronaldo all hitting the ground running in the race for the Golden Boot.

But the 2018 World Cup is yet to produce one iconic photograph that sums up a match, or even the competition as a whole.

There is a lot of soccer still to play, so the Russian tournament may yet produce one. But, in the meantime, photo agency Getty has published a list of what it considers to be the most iconic photos throughout World Cup history.

Here they are in chronological order.

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When most kids are 17, they are hitting balls against the garage door. Not Pelé. The Brazil striker introduced himself to the entire world at the 1958 World Cup when he was just a teenager. Pelé scored six goals at the tournament, including a brace in the final against host nation Sweden — a 5-2 win for Brazil. He remains, to this day, the youngest player to score in a World Cup final.

Source: Getty.

Do not adjust your mobile, desktop, or whatever device you are using to access this web-page. Your eyes are not deceiving you. This is a photo of England's Geoff Hurst — but he appears headless. He does, of course, have a head and was seen celebrating having scored against Argentina in the 1966 quarterfinal. Getty says this photo is iconic because of its imperfection, thus demonstrating the pace of the game.

Source: Getty.

The image of England captain Bobby Moore getting carried off the pitch by his compatriots is one of the most enduring images in all of sports, let alone soccer. Moore, the hometown hero, led the Three Lions to the 1966 World Cup title at home — Wembley Stadium in London. It remains England's first and only win.

Source: Getty.

The US Navy announced in February that five types of warships would compete for a bid to supply the branch with 20 next-generation guided-missile frigates. 

And last week, we got to tour one of those five frigates: Fincantieri's FREMM Alpino, a ship outfitted with anti-submarine systems.

"The world has changed certainly in the last two years when you take look at what Russia is doing and what China is doing," retired Admiral Rick Hunt, who now works for Fincantieri, told Business Insider on the ship's bridge. "And frankly, I think that means we got to up the game of the high-low mix that we have traditionally held," Hunt said. 

"We got our Aegis fleet of destroyers and cruisers," Hunt said, but "we need to have kind of a smaller utility ship that covers down on the rest, that gives you forward presence, independent ops, escort capability ... and value added to the larger carrier strike groups."

And that is exactly what the heavily-armed Alpino can provide, Hunt said, adding that it's a frigate with "destroyer-like capabilities."

Check it out below: 

SEE ALSO: We took a rare tour of one of the US Navy's most dangerous warships that entered combat for the first time in Syria

SEE ALSO: Step aboard the USS Zumwalt, the largest destroyer the US Navy has ever built

The Alpino is about 472 feet long, about 65 feet wide, has about a 17 foot-draft, and a total displacement of 6,500 tons.

Source: Fincantieri

The ship accommodates about 200 people, and has a full load displacement of about 6,500 tons.

Source: Fincantieri

Now let's go aboard.

Like so many other Android users, I rely on Messages for Android — Google's text messaging application — every day. It's my main means of communication with the people I care about most.

So I was pretty excited to hear that Messages for Android now has its own web client, accessible from any web browser. It's called Messages for web, naturally:

In short, Messages for web lets Android users text message seamlessly from any computer with a web browser. It's super easy to set up, and even syncs in real time between phone and computer. 

I've been using it for nearly a week at this point, and it's fundamentally changed how I communicate.

Here's why:

SEE ALSO: Here's everything you need to do to switch from an Android device to an iPhone

First, setting it up: It's a snap!

Here's how you set up Android text messaging on the web:

Step 1: Open Messages on your (Android) phone.
Step 2: Tap the three dots in the upper right corner, and select "Messages for web."
Step 3: Navigate to the Messages for web site on your favorite web browser.
Step 4: Scan the QR code using your phone.

And you're in.

If you want the computer you're using to remember your phone, there's an option to select that from the web browser window. 

If you're not seeing the Messages for web option in Messages just yet, check back in a few days — Google is rolling out the update over time. 

I've stopped knee-jerk responding to every text message buzz in my pocket.

I've begun ignoring the buzzes in my pocket, and it's been a massive relief.

As someone who spends most of my time at a computer, I feel especially silly holding up a smartphone screen in front of that computer. 

Eventually, I click over to the Messages for web tab in my browser and see what I've been missing: group texts with friends to get back to, messages from my partner, an alert from Verizon that my autopay went through successfully. 

Important stuff, no doubt, but stuff that doesn't require an immediate, "Stop everything!" response. Instead, I ignore the buzzes, find a natural end point to whatever I'm doing, then catch up on messages I've been missing.

It's a subtle change with massive implications — I've been knee-jerk responding to text message pocket vibrations for over 10 years now.

But there's something about having all my text messages in a browser window, waiting for me, that changed how I look at them: They're just instant message windows now, nothing more than the AOL Instant Messengers and Facebook Messengers of the world. 

It's obvious, I realize. They're all just messaging software in the broadest sense. But text messages have maintained the top spot in my personal hierarchy of prioritization. Messages for web is helping me put the space between myself and text messages that I didn't even realize I needed.

Not having to switch between phone and computer while working is a huge time saver.

Switching between a phone and a keyboard is massively disruptive. Moreover, as stated previously, it makes me feel ridiculous to pick up a smartphone solely for one type of messaging while I'm sitting at a powerful computer.

Having Messages for web makes text message communication a part of my workflow. 

I'm free to ignore the buzzes in my pocket specifically because I know the messages they represent are easily tackled in a browser tab. Why bother looking?

• The Smart Fortwo and the new Electra Meccanica Solo are two of the smallest vehicles I've ever driven.
• Comparing the two is a bit of a loaded deck for the Smart because it's a bona fide car, while the Solo is an electric urban autocycle.
• The Smart takes it, but the vehicles have also been around since the late 1990s and have never sold well — so the field is open for fresh ideas!

Big SUVs and large pickups might be dominating the US auto market these days, but hope springs eternal for smaller rides.

Daimler rolled out one of the most familiar micro-cars in the late 1990s, under the Smart brand. The idea was to offer ultra-compact transportation to city dwellers. And the vehicles are still around. I sampled a sassy convertible in 2016.

Of course, these vehicles haven't exactly caught on: only about 100 of the gas- and electric-powered vehicles sell per month in the US. 

But on paper, very small city cars still make sense, and a new player, Electra Meccanica, recently asked me to sample its all-electric three-wheeler, which can cover 100 miles on a charge and is aimed at commuters and urban inhabitants.

The Solo seats just one and costs $15,000. The Smart Fortwo has a base price of less than $19,000, although the drop-top I tested came in at $24,000.

Given that there are so few micro-cars out there, I figured it might be worth it to compare the two, although it isn't entirely fair. The Smart is, after all, a proper automobile with four wheels. I also dared to take it on the highway, while I only drove the Solo for a few hours, in Manhattan.

With that in mind, each vehicle has its virtues. Read on to learn more about them.

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A Canadian company, Electra Meccanica got started in 2015 and recently began to deliver $15,000 examples of its all-electric three-wheeler to customers in the US (the firm is descended from an Italian maker of relatively obscure sports cars, Intermeccanica).

It's not large. Not large at all. In fact, I think it's the smallest product vehicle I've ever sampled that wasn't a motorcycle. It's ten feet long and four feet wide, according the company.

Also, it has not four, but three wheels. This means the Solo is classified as an autocycle.

People like to talk about the best tanks, rifles, and tactical gear. It's a great discussion — there are many sophisticated pieces of tech in the military world, each with various strengths and weaknesses. That said, we rarely talk about the flip side of this coin: What are some of the worst pieces of gear out there?

There are some weapon systems out there whose sole purpose in existence is to act as an example of what not to do. So, let's dive in, without restraint, and take a look at the very worst the world has to offer across several gear categories.

SEE ALSO: Here are all the standard issue weapons given to US Marines

Worst Rifle: Heckler and Koch G36

Heckler and Koch usually makes good guns. The MP5 is a classic submachine gun that's still in service around the world. The G3 rifle was second only to the FN FAL. But then there's the G36.

Intended to replace the G3, the G36 was to be Germany's new service rifle in the 5.56mm NATO caliber. Well, the gun had many problems. First and most importantly, the gun was horribly inaccurate when hot. In temperatures above 86 degrees Fahrenheit or after firing many rounds, the gun was liable to miss a target 500 meters away by as many as 6 meters. Spray and pray is not a tactic known to successfully defeat an enemy.

Worst Machine Gun: Heckler and Koch MG5

Heckler and Koch has the dubious distinction of owning two items on this list. H&K made the under-appreciated G8, which could serve as anything from a designated marksman rifle to a light machine gun in 7.62 NATO. The company's MG4 is a solid 5.56mm belt-fed machine gun — again, the company knows how to make good weapons. Unfortunately, they also made the MG5.

This is a gun that can't shoot straight. Granted, when you're using a machine gun, the task usually involves laying down suppressive fire, but it'd probably help to hit the bad guys occasionally.

Worst Tank: T-72

Two words: Desert Storm. This tank's poor performance speaks volumes. When it fired its main gun at a M1A1 Abrams tank from 400 yards, the round bounced off. Read that again: The. Round. Bounced. Off.

You can't get worse than that. In general, the best anti-tank weapon is another tank, but the T-72 is simply useless. Any crew you send out in this vehicle should be immediately considered lost.

It's only a couple of years old, but at JPMorgan Chase's office at Five Manhattan West the walls have already been defaced. And it's not just the walls. Chairs and other surfaces have been scribbled all over as well.

At the headquarters for JPMorgan's digital ambitions, this is all by design — writable surfaces are part of the effort to foment the collaboration, serendipity, and free-form thinking that run amok at Silicon Valley's most agile workplaces.

JPMorgan developers and designers have embraced the wall-and-furniture-as-medium ethos. So much so that, after some early misunderstandings — not every white surface can be written on, it turns out — helpful signage has been added to guide spontaneous bursts of code, formulas, and workflow mapping to areas that can more readily be cleaned up, when necessary.

It's a stark contrast from other big bank offices that Business Insider has visited in Manhattan, where writing is typically confined to paper or whiteboard, and the overall vibe errs on the side of rarefied stuffiness. Being at front and center of the financial universe tends to come with a drabness and solemnity that telegraphs focus and regard for the important work at hand.

Not so at Chase's tech hub, which with its bright, colorful walls, modern floor plan, and dedicated space for table tennis, billiards, and foosball, makes you question whether you're actually in a bank at all.

Nonetheless, it's ground zero for some of the most vital work underway at America's largest bank. The firm, which recently told Business Insider it has a $10.8 billion tech budget and 50,000 technologists on its payroll, courts comparisons to Amazon and has gone all in on a bet that a "Digital Everywhere" strategy will help win the future of banking.

"Digital capabilities will really differentiate players in our industry in the coming years. And in a digital world, we are always open for our customers, continuously, 24/7," CFO Marianne Lake said during the company's investor day presentation in February.

Whether it's opening and maintaining an API store, mining internal data and analytics, implementing updates to Venmo rival QuickPay with Zelle, or building Finn, an all digital bank that's being trialed in St. Louis, Five Manhattan West is home base to some of the bank's most innovative new features.

And as banks increasingly compete for the same talent as the Google, Amazon, Facebook and other tech giants, the lively tech hub and its casual ambiance also serves as a recruiting tool for young talent that may instinctively view the "Midtown Uniform" with suspicion.

"This is the mothership," Jason Alexander, head of digital platforms at Chase, told us on a recent tour of the office space.

Take a look inside the headquarters for JPMorgan Chase's $10.8 billion digital tech blitz.

Behold: Five Manhattan West, headquarters for JPMorgan's tech ambitions. This stretch of Manhattan real estate is tucked conveniently within Hudson Yards — the largest private real-estate development in US history — and is a short work from the High Line, the Hudson River, Penn Station, and Madison Square Garden.

Chase has other tech offices around the country — in Columbus, Ohio; Plano, Texas; and Wilmington, Delaware; for example — but Manhattan is the mothership, as Jason Alexander puts it.

JPMorgan Chase was an early, anchor tenant at Five Manhattan West, a project from real-estate developer behemoth Brookfield Properties. The bank has 125,000 square feet on the ninth floor, and moved there in December 2015.

Other tenants in the building? Amazon, Whole Foods, and Peloton.

Before we look inside, let's take a step back. What kind of work goes on in here? Primarily the coding, design, maintenance, and updates for JPMorgan Chase products and features that the bank's 47 million digital customers regularly interact with — whether that's an eATM, the mobile app, or QuickPay with Zelle. Here's a quick overview.

JPMorgan Intelligent Solutions (JPMIS) — a separate, big data and data science division focused on mining and leveraging its massive cache of proprietary data — also shares this space, though they're a much smaller proportion of the more than 800 JPMorgan employees at the tech hub.

In a strange way, I haven't been too excited about "Battlefield V."

It's mostly because "Battlefield 1"— its predecessor — was so good that I didn't exactly feel a need for a new "Battlefield" game. It had nothing to do with the somewhat controversial trailer, or anything EA and Dice announced during "Battlefield V's" announcement. 

But I'm certainly more interested after a few hours playing the new "Battlefield V" closed alpha.

Check out my first few impressions of "Battlefield V," the successor to my favorite game:

(Handy tip: If you want to watch the GIFs below in better quality, hover over the GIFs, click the gear icon on the bottom right, and turn on "HD.")

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"Battlefield V" builds on the chaos that made "Battlefield 1" one of the best games I've ever played.

Your life in "Battlefield V" can be a brutal slog, and it's hard not to grimace during the chaos of an intense fire fight. 

It's as much a video game as previous "Battlefield" games, but the incredible sounds of the battlefield, as well as the added animations, help make the game an "experience."

Some might dislike the animations, as they can be seen as extra "fluff." And to those players, I recommend "Call of Duty: WWII," a boring game with zero depth if I'm honest. But "Battlefield V" recreates the chaos of war like no other game I've played, including the amazing "Battlefield 1." 

Going back to the sounds in the game, I felt like "Battlefield 1" had better audio so far. The audio in that game made me think "war is hell" every time I played it. The screams, shouts, explosions, and gunfire sounds truly gave a sense of the horrors of war, but I didn't have the same sensation while playing "Battlefield V."

Still, I've only played the closed alpha of "Battlefield V" so far, which is far from the complete version of the game. Here's to hoping that the final version will have more immersive audio. 

The graphics looks great, but not a massive leap from the previous "Battlefield 1" game.

The graphics in "Battlefield 1" were stunning, so any improvement — no matter how small — is a plus in my book. 

You have to be far more careful with your actions than previous "Battlefield" games.

The extra animations means it takes more time to do certain key things. You can't just go near a downed player and revive them instantly from behind cover like you used to in "Battlefield 1," for example.

To revive a player, you have to go through a short animation where you inject your team mate with a syringe. That animation might be short, but it's long enough for an enemy to wipe you out if you didn't deal with the enemy first. Sometimes, you'll have to decide whether you're safe enough to revive a player, or let them bleed out to keep yourself alive. Otherwise, you'll likely get shot down by the same enemy who shot your team mate, and that's not good for you, your downed team mate, or your team.

EA removed the enemy-spotting feature from previous "Battlefield " games in "Battlefield V," and it's an adjustment for anyone who's used to spotting enemies. It means you need to spend more time scoping the landscape for anything that moves than simply searching for a giant, visible red dot above the enemy player after they've been spotted by you or a teammate. 

So far, it's also difficult to make the distinction between your teammates and the enemy, at least on the single map that was available during the closed alpha of the game. 

Just outside Paris, there is a peculiar park, where ruins of pavilions and greenhouses lie among overgrown grass, weeds, and wild tree branches.

The site hosts the remains of one of the world's few "human zoos," called the Jardin d’Agronomie Tropicale. In the early 20th century, white visitors would come to see the exotic animals, plants, and other products of the European empires. They would also gawk at the actual people from territories in Africa, Asia, and Oceania who were brought there.

From 1899 to the late 1910s, the zoo served as an agricultural laboratory and exhibition space. In the decades following World War I, the area was largely abandoned, until it reopened in 2006 as a public park.

An American photographer who works under the pseudonym Seph Lawless documented portraits of the site in his latest photo series, "Human Zoo."

He shared them with Business Insider below.

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Around the turn of the 20th century, the French government allotted 16 acres of land for an experimental botanical garden, called the Jardin d’Agronomie Tropicale.

The name translates to "Garden of Tropical Agronomy."

The garden's primary function was to test whether tropical and non-native plants and crops, like coffee, vanilla, cacao, and banana, could be grown in France.

The site's entrance features the remnants of an arch in the style of traditional Chinese architecture.

• Alexander Hamilton was the first Treasury Secretary of the US.
• He also spearheaded promoting the US Constitution and founded the national's financial system, the US Coast Guard, and The New York Post.
• Take a look at some of the habits and strategies that helped Hamilton remain productive throughout his career.

Alexander Hamilton was a pretty busy guy.

Heck, the whole song "Non-Stop" in Lin-Manuel Miranda's smash Broadway hit "Hamilton" is dedicated to the man's meteoric rise from orphaned Nevis immigrant to aide-de-camp to George Washington to full-fledged Founding Father.

Hamilton had a tremendous influence on the development of the United States. Not only was he the first Treasury Secretary of the young country, he was also responsible for founding our financial system and ensuring the adoption of the US Constitution.

In his spare time, Hamilton kicked off the US Coast Guard, The New York Post, and the New York Manumission Society, which fought for the abolition of slavery in New York.

Here's a breakdown of what a day in the life of Alexander Hamilton might have looked like:

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In a 1800 letter to his then-18-year-old son Philip — who would die in a duel three years before the famous Hamilton-Burr showdown of 1804— Hamilton extolled the benefits of rising early.

Source: The Founders Archives 

He advised Philip to wake up no later than 6 a.m. from April to October, and no later than 7 a.m. for the rest of year. Hamilton added that his son would "deserve commendation" if he deigned to rise earlier.

Source: The Founders Archives

Given Hamilton's own intense work ethic, it's not a stretch to imagine that he himself also woke up relatively early.

Source: The Founders Archives

Now that we're halfway through the year —and close to Emmys season — we're thinking about the new shows we've loved the most. 

There's good news and bad news: there haven't been that many great shows so far, but less required viewing is a bit better for your TV watching schedule. 

With stellar writing and memorable performances that stand out among the vast TV landscape, these are the best new shows of 2018.

We'll update this list with new shows we love as the year goes on. 

Here are the best TV shows of 2018, ranked (along with their Rotten Tomatoes scores):

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9. "Everything Sucks!"— Netflix

Critic Score: 69%

Audience Score: 90%

"Everything Sucks!" tells the story of Kate Messner, a high school sophomore who's coming to terms with her sexuality. Her journey, which happens to take place in the 90s, showcases how hard it was to be an LGBTQ+ teen two decades ago. The season, which really picks up in the final episodes, also follows a lovely romance between Kate's dad and her friend Luke's mom, which is one of the few "parent" stories on a teen show that's not a complete waste of screen time. Unfortunately, Netflix already canceled the show. But there's an active campaign to bring it back.

8. "Trust"— FX

Critic Score: 76%

Audience Score: 62%

"Trust" tells the story of the Getty family — more specifically the kidnapping of John Paul Getty III in 1973 (sans Christopher Plummer). Brendan Fraser makes a major comeback with his Emmy-worthy performance as James Fletcher Chase. It's also glamorous and quite stylish thanks to executive producer Danny Boyle, who directed a few episodes. 

7. "Killing Eve"— BBC

Critic Score: 100%

Audience Score: 88%

The female-driven "Killing Eve" is stylish, thrilling, and has incredible performances from Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer. It isn't a typical spy thriller, and that's what makes it so great. Oh's performance is truly extraordinary, and proves, like she did with her work on "Grey's Anatomy," that she's one of the best TV actors ever. 

• Apple and Samsung settled a seven-year patent dispute earlier this week.
• The terms of the settlement aren't known.  
• For most people and Apple fans, there are no easy takeaways from the end of the case. 
• But please enjoy photos of several early internal iPhone models were made public as part of the court battle.

Apple and Samsung settled a court battle on Wednesday over Apple's allegation that Samsung violated its patents and copied the design of the iPhone. 

It's the end of an era as the seven-year spat has come to an end. Apple fought the battle because late CEO Steve Jobs believed Android copied the iPhone, and he declared"thermonuclear war" on Android, according to Walter Issacson's biography. Samsung, as the premier Android manufacturer, became the target, not Google. 

Now, the two sides have settled. Terms of the settlement are not public, according to Reuters. The U.S. Supreme Court ordered a $399 million award against Samsung late last year, but district judge Lucy Koh ordered a new trial on earlier this year. Samsung had previously paid Apple $548 million.

Apple told Reuters that the "case has always been more about money." 

Apple fans may remember the legal battle not for legal minutia over design patents, but rather for giving us the best look ever into Apple's prototype design process.

In 2012, Samsung filed exhibits that lifted the veil of secrecy around how Apple comes up with new products. Among sketches, emails, and computer files, one exhibit included a slew of photographs of actual iPhone prototype designs.

The designs range from a chunky iPad design to models that you might be able to recognize as early iPhones. It also includes several interesting design directions that Apple decided not to pursue, including a MacBook Air-like aluminum shell and an iPhone with eight sides and squared-off corners. 

"While Apple has been able to keep some things private, there have clearly been more things made public than the secretive company would prefer," Ina Fried wrote at the time for AllThingsD.

The photos have been reproduced below. Take a look: 

At first glance, Ben Churchill's Instagram and Facebook pages seem to be filled with photos of random, inedible objects and savory dishes like eggs over toast.

But the professional chef, who taught himself how to make desserts three years ago, is actually an expert in all things sweet. A self-described food illusionist, Churchill regularly transforms decadent cakes into dirty kitchen sponges, fresh parfaits into moldy oranges, and panna cottas into ashtrays — all while ensuring his creations remain delicious, despite what they may look like.

We recently spoke with Churchill to find out more about his expectation-defying desserts. Take a closer look at his mind-blowing illusions below.

Churchill makes desserts that look exactly like random everyday objects.

One of his most well-known creations is an olive oil sponge cake that's disguised as a dirty kitchen sponge. Churchill tops the cake with a mint crumb, which resembles the abrasive side of a sponge, and foamed sweet milk "soap suds." He also adds toffee sauce and a baked apple coulis to mimic the appearance of dirty dishwater and dishwashing soap, respectively.

Many of his creations are intentionally designed to look inedible.

If you're willing to take a bite of this moldy orange, you'll find that it's actually a fresh orange parfait, covered with a dusting of white and green bubblegum meringue powder.

Although he's been a professional chef for over a decade, Churchill is self-taught when it comes to desserts.

Speaking to INSIDER, the chef said that he started teaching himself "standard" pastry techniques in 2015. One day, he "decided to see if [he] could make a chocolate shell shaped like a lemon," which he says sparked his passion for food illusions.

His sweet experiments clearly paid off. In the past three years, Churchill has amassed over 100,000 followers on Facebook and Instagram combined.