Spending the night at a hotel is supposed to be an indulgence: a home away from home with softer sheets and better beds.

However, that's not always the case.

Hotels come with their own sets of issues, and the annual Hotel Pet Peeves Survey by Frequent Business Traveler and FlyerTalk has ranked those annoyances.

The survey asked 1,969 frequent travelers — 94% of those surveyed were members of more than one hotel loyalty program, and 91.1% were members of more than one frequent flyer program — to rank their biggest hotel pet peeves.

Here are the top 10 things travelers hate most about staying in hotels.

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10. Insufficient or poor lighting

9. Uncomfortable pillows

8. Unexpected fees

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Next time you bite into a slice of watermelon or a cob of corn, consider this: These familiar fruits and veggies didn't always look and taste this way.

Genetically modified foods, or GMOs, inspire strong reactions nowadays, but humans have been tweaking the genetics of our favorite produce for millennia.

From bananas to eggplant, here are some of the foods that looked totally different before humans first started growing them for food.

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Wild watermelon

This 17th-century painting by Giovanni Stanchi depicts a watermelon that looks strikingly different from modern melons, as Vox points out. A cross-section of the one in the painting, which was made between 1645 and 1672, appears to have swirly shapes embedded in six triangular pie-shaped pieces.

Modern watermelon

Over time, humans have bred watermelons to have a red, fleshy interior — which is actually the placenta — like the ones seen here. Some people think the watermelon in Stanchi's painting may just be unripe or unwatered, but the black seeds in the painting suggest that it was, in fact, ripe.

Wild banana

The first bananas may have been cultivated at least 7,000 years ago — and possibly as early as 10,000 years ago — in what is now Papua New Guinea. They were also grown in Southeast Asia. Modern bananas came from two wild varieties, Musa acuminata and Musa balbisiana, which had large, hard seeds, like the ones in this photo.

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Better burger chains like Smashburger, Shake Shack and Five Guys have exploded over the last decade. 

Now, demand for "better chicken" is heating up. 

Research firm Technomic provided data for which chicken chains are growing the fastest.

We selected restaurants that grew their number of locations by at least 11% last year. We ranked them by number of units.

Zaxby's

Number of US restaurants in 2014: 660

% change from previous year: 11%

Sales in 2014: $1.3 billion

Zaxby's is a Georgia-based chain known for its fried chicken fingers, crinkle-cut fries and giant slices of Texas toast.

The restaurant's house salad is another customer favorite, which is unusual for a fried chicken chain.

Zaxby's has restaurants in 16 states, primarily in the South, and it has been growing rapidly. The chain just opened its 700th restaurant, up from 660 last year.

Wingstop

Number of US restaurants in 2014: 658

% change from previous year: 11%

Sales in 2014: $622 million

Wingstop, which recently went public, has been called a cross between Chipotle and Buffalo Wild Wings. The chain's wings are cooked fresh — never frozen — and every batch is made to order. 

Wingstop prides itself on focusing only on its wings. The menu doesn't offer anything else, except for a couple side items like french fries and cole slaw.

Rapper Rick Ross is among the chain's supporters, and he owns 25 Wingstop franchises. The chain recently reported that sales are up 9% in the most recent quarter, which is double what analysts were expecting.

Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers

Number of US restaurants in 2014: 215

% change from previous year: 22%

Sales in 2014: $381 million

Raising Cane’s serves fresh — never frozen — chicken tenders with sides of coleslaw, Texas toast brushed with butter and garlic, and french fries. Drinks include sweet tea, a popular beverage in the South.

Customers rave about the juiciness of the tenders, which are marinated for 24 hours before they are breaded and fried.

In a 2014 survey by research firm Sandelman and Associates, Raising Cane’s tied for fourth place among the nation’s top 150 chains.

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Naval Ravikant is one of the most respected and successful angel investors in Silicon Valley.

He's invested in well over 100 startups, including several "unicorns" like Twitter and Uber that went on to become huge companies. He is also the founding CEO of AngelList, a resource for entrepreneurs and angel investors to find each other and make deals.

He recently spoke with "The 4-Hour Workweek" author Tim Ferriss, who is both an angel investor and adviser to AngelList, for an episode of Ferriss' podcast.

Ravikant told Ferriss that he values no other way of learning more than reading prolifically, a habit he's had since he was a child.

Here are some books he said have taught him the most.

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"Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius

Marcus, known as one of history's "philosopher kings," wrote the private writings that constitute "Meditations" during the chaotic last decade of his life, from A.D. 170 to A.D. 180. It is his interpretation of Stoic philosophy, focusing on accepting things out of one's control and maintaining mastery over one's emotions.

Ravikant said "Meditations" was "absolutely life-changing.""Here's a guy who was probably the most powerful human being on Earth at the time that he lived ... and when you open this book you realize he had all the same issues and all the same mental struggles [as anyone else]," Ravikant said, adding that this caused him to realize power and success do not improve your inner life.

Gregory Hays' highly readable translation makes Marcus' lessons more accessible rather than trivializing them.

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"The Book of Life" by Jiddu Krishnamurti

"I like to pay attention to what I call the 'rational Buddhists' because a lot of Buddhism is drowned in mysticism and Hinduism," Ravikant said, and he finds the 20th century Indian philosopher Krishnamurti to be the best of the former camp.

"He's an uncompromising, very direct person who tells you to look at your own mind at all times," Ravikant said.

"The Book of Life" is a collection of excerpts from Krishnamurti's speeches and books.

Find it here >>

"Striking Thoughts" by Bruce Lee

"Oddly enough, Bruce Lee wrote some great philosophy," Ravikant said.

The legendary martial artist and iconic movie star developed a unique philosophy rooted in Zen teachings that he intertwined with his fighting style, Jeet Kune Do.

A main tenet of Lee's philosophy is the concept of self-actualization. "Most people only live for their image, that is why some have a void, because they are so busy projecting themselves as this or that, dedicating their lives to actualize a concept of what they should be like rather than to actualize their ever-growing potentiality as a human being," Lee wrote.

Find it here >>

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You know the drill: Every business or management book that has ever been published promises to tell you the silver bullet for being successful.

Sounds interesting, but, of course, most of them don't say much more than what's printed in the summary on the back.

As someone who has read a ton of business books over the past few years, I figured I would save you some time and money by sharing the ones that I've found to really be useful.

If you only have time to read a few, give one of these five a try!

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1. "Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard"

This is probably the most useful general management book I've ever read.

Chip and Dan Heath talk through different methods for successfully implementing change at work and home by sharing a couple frameworks and illustrating their points using stories.

The best part about this book is that it's simple — I read it more than four years ago, and I still remember their key takeaways and apply them in my daily life.

2. "Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most"

Need a go-to book for focusing on interpersonal skills or relationship-building techniques? "Difficult Conversations" is it. I like this book because it's able to boil down an extremely complicated topic into a set of actionable recommendations.

Going through this book with other people can also be a good way to strengthen work relationships or bounce ideas off others. For example, my manager and I read it jointly and then, moving forward, were able to use language from the book when discussing sticky situations.

The need to exercise empathy is what has stuck with me most from this book — without fully grounding yourself in the other party's situation, it's very difficult to reach a consensus.

3. "The One Minute Manager"

I know, this one sounds like a gimmick, but it's actually incredibly useful in day-to-day work life.

Essentially, Kenneth Blanchard and Spencer Johnson provide the reader with a bunch of extremely simple, quick actions a manager can take to better oversee and motivate employees.

It's especially helpful for someone who's new to managing others because it presents a wide variety of scenarios that I found useful to think through before encountering them in real life.

This is also a great book to talk through with senior members of your team, as they've likely read it and will have some advice to offer about implementing key concepts. Advice is structured around one-minute goals, praisings, and reprimands.

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The signs are all there: you feel depressed, anxious, and detached; you keep getting head and back aches; your job performance and relationships are suffering; and your weight continues to fluctuate.

If this sounds like you, odds are you're burned out.

Burnout isn't just the greatest challenge to the global health system or a drain on the American workplace — it's wreaking havoc on your well-being.

But with the help of TED's expansive online library of presentations, you can quickly learn what ten minutes of quiet a day can do for you, how powerful sleep really is, and why stress isn’t always bad for us.

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Elizabeth Gilbert's "Your elusive creative genius."

The "Eat, Pray, Love" author shares in her funny and personal talk the idea that the creative process isn't about "being" a genius.

"I think that allowing somebody, one mere person, to believe that he or she is the font and the essence and the source of all divine, creative, unknowable, eternal mystery is just a smidge too much responsibility to put on one fragile, human psyche," Gilbert says. "It's like asking somebody to swallow the sun."

She thinks that pressure creates unmanageable expectations and has been killing off artists for the past 500 years. Instead she proposes we consider "genius" something we all possess.

Stefan Sagmeister's "The power of time off."

For more than 20 years, Sagmeister has poured his heart and soul into designing album covers for artists like the Rolling Stones and Lou Reed. But every seven years, he closes his New York studio for a yearlong sabbatical to rejuvenate and refresh his creativity. In his talk, he explains how taking time off has allowed him to pursue "some little experiments" that have become innovative projects.

Andy Puddicombe's "All it takes is 10 mindful minutes."

Puddicombe, a mindfulness expert, former Buddhist monk, and cofounder of mediation app Headspace, describes the transformative power of doing nothing for 10 minutes, undisturbed, each day.

"The sad fact is that we are so distracted that we're no longer present in the world in which we live," he says. "We miss out on the things that are most important to us, and the crazy thing is that everybody just assumes, that's the way life is, so we've just kind of got to get on with it. That's really not how it has to be."

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From now until 2020, we will be getting a new "Star Wars" movie each year. 

This will include three movies as part of a new trilogy and another additional three spin-off films which are being called anthology stories. 

The first one, entitled "The Force Awakens," will be out later this year in December.

But there is still plenty of more "Star Wars to come.

Here are all the new "Star Wars" movies you can look forward to seeing in the next five years.

The first new "Star Wars" movie in 10 years, "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" will continue the story after the events of 1983's "Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi" and will kick off a new trilogy.

Set 30 years after "Return of the Jedi," Episode VII will focus on the rise of a new galactic empire called The First Order which is at odds with a group of rebel fighters known as the Resistance.

The film will reunite original cast members Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, and Mark Hamill with newcomers John Boyega and Daisy Ridley.

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Mars One, a private company that wants to send people on a one-way trip to Mars, has faced wave after wave of brutal criticism. Experts criticize its too-low budget, as-yet--nonexistent technology, and general unpreparedness for a mission with so many life-threatening risks.

Last year, a group of MIT engineering students published a critical review of the company's mission plan. Two of those students just faced off against Mars One's CEO, Bas Lansdorp, during a public debate at the Mars Society Conference on Aug. 13.

In short, they crushed it.

The MIT students — Sydney Do and Andrew Owens — put together a killer PowerPoint presentation that dismantled the feasibility of the Mars One mission, piece by piece.

Keep scrolling to see the full MIT presentation that shows how Mars One's plan has little hope of succeeding in its current form.

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Hiking is the most democratic of American pastimes: Almost everyone can do it, and there's no special equipment necessary.

All you need is a pair of sturdy, comfortable shoes and a spirit of discovery.

And it's an activity that can be enjoyed nearly year-round, by young and old.

Here are 10 of the best day hikes in the country that don't require an Olympian level of fitness, but will still reward you with incomparable scenery and the satisfaction that comes from a great day on the trail.

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Mt. Monadnock, Jaffrey, New Hampshire

Length: 4.5 miles out-and-back
Rating: Moderately strenuous

Follow in the footsteps of two of the biggest fans of Mt. Monadnock: Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau, who both wrote about Monadnock and spent considerable time there. In the meantime, it has become one of the most-hiked mountains in the country.

There are five main trails that lead to the summit of Mt. Monadnock, where you're rewarded with views that extend for nearly 100 miles in all directions over six New England States. The Dublin Trail is the best bet for avoiding some of the steeper sections found on the other trails.

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Rubicon Trail, Lake Tahoe, California

Length: 8 miles out-and-back
Rating: Easy

The Rubicon Trail is one of the most popular hikes in and around Lake Tahoe, and for good reason. This mostly level trail more or less hugs the coastline, offering magnificent views of the aptly named Emerald Bay and Fannette Island (Tahoe's only island) and the other side of the lake, known as "the jewel of the Sierra."

The hike starts at the parking lot at Vikingsholm, a Scandanivian-design mansion built in 1929 now open for tours May-September. The trail continues four miles to the parking lot at Rubicon Point; pack a snack to enjoy on the beach—and a refreshing swim—before heading back.

Pihea Trail, Kaui, Hawaii

Length: 8 miles out-and-back
Rating: Moderately strenuous

It's best to hit the Pihea Trail in the morning, because foggy afternoons are common, and you don't want to be denied the payoff to this hike: spectacular panoramic views of the Na Pali Coast, Hanalei Bay, Princeville, and even the Kilauea Lighthouse on a really clear day.

The Pihea Trail starts at the Pu'u o Kila overlook at Koke'e State Park, with views 4,000 feet down into the Kalalau Valley, as well as back inland to the Alakai swamp (the highest-elevation swamp in the world) and Mount Waialeale, known as "The Wettest Spot on Earth." A section of the hike is on a boardwalk that keeps you just above the bogs before finally reaching the Kilohana Lookout and its expansive vistas.

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In the 25 years Cortney and Robert Novogratz have been together, they’ve transformed dozens of properties all over the world, inspired multiple product deals with the likes of furniture store CB2 and Walmart, written a handful of books, and starred in a couple of reality shows. Oh, and they also had 7 children.

In short, they’ve become the poster couple — poster family, really — of hip, eclectic do-it-yourself design. And it seems they’re just getting started.

The Novogratz aesthetic is Brady-Bunch-meets-Jonathan-Adler, with plenty of pops of color, vintage works of art, quirky furniture, and a welcoming vibe.

Perhaps the best example of their style is their NYC West Village townhouse that was renovated and featured prominently on Bravo’s show “9 by Design.” Fans of the series will recognize the glass garage door that opens onto the living room, quirky chandeliers, and the huge black rug with “Family” written in large white letters. (Though it’s yet to find a buyer for its $17.95 million price tag, supermodel Heidi Klum is staying there this summer.)

But it’s not just Manhattan townhouses. The Novogratz clan has taken on worldwide projects, like flipping hotels in Woodstock, NY, restoring homes in Brazil, and making tons of money in brand sponsorships along the way.

The couples’ passion for restoration and design has become their career, and the whole family is along for the ride.

Before their kids came along (Wolfgang, 17 is the oldest, his twin sisters Bellamy and Tullulah are 16, Breaker is 14, another set of twins, Holleder and Five, are 8, and the youngest is 6-year-old Major) it was just Cortney and Robert, who met at a party in North Carolina in 1992. It was love at first sight.

“We wanted the same things out of life,” Cortney told Tech Insider. “And we definitely both wanted a lot of children.” After moving together to New York City in 1993, Cortney tried her hand at acting while Robert began working in finance at Smith Barney.

Two years later, the pair spent some time searching for a home. They both loved interior design and knew they wanted to purchase something they could makeover. They ended up with the cheapest house they could find — a condemned brownstone on 19th Street in Manhattan’s then-up-and-coming Chelsea neighborhood, where apartments now sell for as much as $8 million.

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From open casting calls to reality television shows, there is certainly more than one way to get famous. For some stars, using social media proved to be the key to career success.

Thanks to platforms like YouTube, Vine, Twitter, and even MySpace, it's easier than ever for people to share their work with a wide audience.

And it's not just fans who are watching — talent managers and agents are paying attention, too.

In this digital age, a single tweet can make or break a career.

Keep reading to find out more about 9 stars who got their start online. 

Justin Bieber's musical career exploded thanks to his YouTube channel.

In 2008, Justin Bieber was just another Canadian kid until a talent manager took notice of YouTube videos where he covered songs from artists like Ne-Yo and Chris Brown. 

"He is that special superstar that you see once in a lifetime,"Scooter Braun, the talent manager who first discovered Bieber on YouTube, told Forbes. "He plays four instruments, self-taught. He showed that in his YouTube channel."

From there, Bieber signed with Usher and The Island Def Jam Music Group, Billboard reports. Though not before turning down an offer from Justin Timberlake, Bieber said in a 2010 interview with Katie Couric.

Today, Bieber is known around the world for Billboard top hits like "Baby,""One Less Lonely Girl," and "Boyfriend." He's also made headlines for getting into trouble with the law, including an arrest in 2014. 

A tweet from Justin Bieber helped launch Carly Rae Jepsen's musical career.

Carly Rae Jepsen might never have been discovered if it wasn't for Twitter and a little help from a fellow Canadian, Justin Bieber. 

"Call me maybe by Carly Rae Jepson is possibly the catchiest song I've ever heard lol,"Bieber tweeted in December 2011.  

Jepsen had been recording and performing songs for years. She placed third on "Canadian Idol" in 2007, but it wasn't until Bieber's tweet that she became a viral sensation for her tune "Call Me Maybe."

From there, Jepsen became a pop star in her own right, scoring a record deal with Schoolboy Records, the New York Post reported. This spring, she released the music video for her track "I Really Like You," which featured actor Tom Hanks lip-syncing to her song.

Shawn Mendes went from posting clips on Vine to opening for Taylor Swift.

Mendes credits his Vine cover of Justin Bieber's "As Long As You Love Me" as the moment his career began to take off. 

"The clip had 10,000 likes when I woke up,"Mendes told Teen Vogue about the cover. "It was a snowball effect from there."

Though he still uploads Vines for his 4.2 million followers, the 17-year-old's career has moved into the mainstream. In 2014, his first EP, "Life of the Party," claimed the number one spot on the iTunes chart just 37 minutes after the album was released, Mashable reported. This spring, music video for his song "Stitches" topped 17 million YouTube views. 

In May, Mendes hit the road with Taylor Swift's "1989" world tour. 

"It's completely surreal,"Mendes told MTV."The fact that I'm going on tour with Taylor Swift, like how crazy is that? It's crazy."

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Saturday will mark the 10th anniversary of one of the worst natural disasters in American history.

On August 29, 2005, Katrina made landfall in Louisiana as a Category 4 hurricane, devastating towns along its path, but particularly crippling New Orleans.

A decade later, the "Crescent City" has made some extraordinary comebacks, though some parts are still feeling the effects of a botched emergency response.

Here's what the city looks like now: a mix of new levees and abandoned houses along a retreating coastline.

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New Orleans sits at an average between 1-2 feet below sea level next to marsh wetlands like the one pictured here. When Katrina blew through, this put the city's water removal system to the test.

New Orleans is protected by a series of flood walls and levees — structures that have for centuries been able to keep the city from going underwater. But Katrina was too much for the under-maintained levees, and they quickly broke from the force of incoming water, destroying houses like this one in the city's Lower Ninth Ward.

At its worst, about 80% of New Orleans, seen here from an aerial view, was submerged in water that had breached the levees.

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The Swiss Alps are an unforgiving landscape of rugged, rocky peaks and lush, green valleys. Connecting communities that would be otherwise isolated by the vast mountain range — including cultural and economic hubs like Zurich, Milan, and Turin — is no easy task.

Tunneling and track-laying for the 35-mile NEAT Gotthard Base Tunnel has been completed, making it officially the longest tunnel in the world, surpassing Japan’s 14.5-mile Seikan Tunnel.

Swiss authorities held a media day inside the tunnel August 24 to announce that the majority of technical work for the tunnel had been completed, Swiss newspaper TDG reports. Testing will begin October 1 in anticipation of the first passenger and freight trains in June 2016.

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Europe’s most densely populated belt, historically known as the "blue banana," stretches from northern England south through the Netherlands, Switzerland, France, and Germany into northern Italy.

Most of this area — inhabited by approximately 111 million people — is relatively flat, except for Switzerland’s notorious Alps. The Gotthard Pass has proven itself a vital link between Switzerland and northern Italy for hundreds of years.

The first tunnel on the Gotthard axis, connecting Zurich and Milan by train, was completed in 1882 as a joint venture by Switzerland, Germany, and Italy, all of which benefit from trade along the vital north-south route.

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Summer is all about relaxing and having fun, and celebrities like Jennifer Lawrence, Chrissy Teigen, and the Kardashians did just that this season.

From the Hamptons to Italy, see who went where and who was having the best time— according to Instagram. 

Get ready to have some serious vacation envy.

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Chrissy Teigen and John Legend ate their way through Italy.

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Gwyneth Paltrow shared a pizza with Jerry Seinfeld.

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Khloe Kardashian and Kendall Jenner sailed the seas in St. Barths.

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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is seeking respite from the grueling campaign trail in a lavish rental house in the Hamptons hamlet of Amagansett.

But her stay in the $50,000-per-week home isn't exactly a vacation.

Hillary is expected to visit four campaign fundraisers in her name while on Long Island, according to The East Hampton Star.

Bill Clinton was relaxing in the 7,500-square-foot house before Hillary arrived on August 21. Chelsea and her family, Marc Mezvinsky and daughter Charlotte, will also be staying at the house. 

Their time at the oceanside retreat will total two weeks and cost $100,000. Keep scrolling to take a look around this incredible property. 

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The six-bedroom Amagansett, New York mansion was actually rented by the Clintons last year around this same time.

The house is owned by Andre and Lois Nasser — an art collector and real estate agent, respectively. According to Daily Mail, the Nassers are Republican party donors.

Source: Daily Mail

The house has a minimal, beach-chic aesthete, with water views and private beach access.

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Thanks to new development projects and a workforce flooded with millennials who'd rather rent than buy, major US cities are seeing increases in rent prices.

In its National Rent Report, residential real-estate rental website Zumper analyzed 1 million active, one-bedroom listings to find the most expensive cities in the country for renters.

Of the top 20 cities on the list, six are in California.

Keep scrolling to see which city ranks No. 1 on Zumper's list.

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20. LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA: The average rent for a one-bedroom here is $1,120 a month.

19. MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA: The average rent for a one-bedroom here is $1,150 a month.

18. BALTIMORE, MARYLAND: The average rent for a one-bedroom here is $1,150 a month.

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Deep in the limestone caves of New Zealand rest colonies of glow worms that emit a blue-green light strong enough to illuminate the caves they live in.

These wonderful yet strange creatures are called arachnocampa luminosa. They're native to a northern part of the country called North Island.

Auckland photographer Joseph Michael documented the awe-striking creatures, which live in caves said to be as ancient as 30 million years old, by spending countless hours in the caves' ice-cold water.

Glowworms are actually the larvae of the fungus gnat, a type of fly that resembles a mosquito.

The glowworms are found only in New Zealand and eastern Australia. The Australian worms have smaller lights and tend to stay in smaller groups.

The first part of the species' name, Arachnocampa, means "spider worm," and refers to the web of silk threads the worms use to snatch their prey.

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It was 15 years ago this week that we first realized we weren't living in a democracy. We are living in a cheerocracy, though sometimes it can feel like a cheertatorship.

That's just one of the many gifts "Bring It On" gave the world when it premiered in theaters on August 25, 2000.

"Bring It On" once again proved to a increasingly cynical young generation that winning wasn't everything and finding a girl who could do gymnastics was. And in the end, we can all be friends -- even with the cheer team from the financially challenged part of town.

The movie would go on to make about $90 million in worldwide box office -- not too shabby for a film made for $10 million. Even better, it would become a cult classic, spawn four TV series, and cemented its stars' careers.

What are the stars up to 15 years later? Let's find out.

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Kirsten Dunst as Torrance Shipman

THEN: Kirsten Dunst is the new Toros cheer leading captain, Torrance Shipman. She'll stop at nothing to make sure the team wins its sixth championship in a row. 

Kirsten Dunst

NOW: "Bring It On" would show Hollywood that previously serious actress Kirsten Dunst had comic skill. She would then go on to play Mary Jane in the "Spider-Man" film franchise from 2002 to 2007. She is currently shooting the first film from the Rodarte label founders' feature directorial debut, "Woodshock."

Eliza Dushku as Missy Pantone

THEN: Eliza Dushku played Missy Pantone, the tough new girl looking for a way to replace gymnastics in her life. She would end up being exactly what the team needed and vice versa.

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From gorgeous beaches to hikes with breathtaking views, Hawaii offers terrific experiences that should be on every traveler’s list.

Here are our top picks for a memorable trip.

Hit the Road to Hana

Spectacular views of waterfalls, lush forests, and the sparkling ocean are part of the pleasure of the twisting drive along the North Shore to tiny, timeless Hana in East Maui. The journey is the destination, but once you arrive, kick back and enjoy. Wave to pedestrians, "talk story" with locals in line at the Hasegawa store, and explore the multicolor beaches. An overnight stay here allows for the most relaxed experience, though; a day trip is a big push. You may decide to drive just part of the way as an alternative.

Visit Pearl Harbor

This top Honolulu site is not to be missed. Spend the better part of a day touring the Missouri, the Arizona Memorial, and, if you have time, the Bowfin.

Explore Kauai's Napali Coast

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Few institutions teach discipline, management, logistics, and efficiency like the US Armed Forces, so it's no surprise that Ranker's list of Fortune 500 CEOs finds many military veterans. 

Below are some of the most accomplished military vets who went on to lead Fortune 500 companies.

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Johnson&Johnson: Alex Gorsky

West Point graduate Alex Gorsky served in the Army for six years, eventually achieving the rank of captian. He was a member of the Army's elite Rangers and served in Europe, the US, and Panama. 

He became the CEO of Johnson and Johnson at the age of 51, where he remains to this day. He also serves on the Board of Directors for IBM.

Source: Ranker

Proctor and Gamble: Robert A. McDonald

Robert A. McDonald wanted to be in the Army so bad that he wrote his congressman for an special exemption at just 11 years old. Eventually, he came of age and got his wish, serving in the 82nd Airborne Division and retiring with the rank of Captain. 

He is a former CEO of Proctor and Gamble, and the current secretary of Veterans Affairs in the Obama Administration, where he works to improve veteran's access to healthcare.

Source: Ranker

Casey's General Store: Robert Myers

Robert Myers spent 22 years in the US Army, serving in Germany, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait and finally retiring with the rank of lieutenant colonel in 1988.

After retiring, began working at Casey's General as a manager. Within a few years he worked his way up to the top of the corporation, which owns hundreds of stores across America, many of which are situated in small towns with populations of 5,000 or less.

Source: Fortune, Casey's General Store

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