With their eight arms and giant egg-shaped head, octopuses are one of the most alien-looking creatures on the planet.

Yet scientists have an extremely difficult time studying them in the wild because these highly intelligent invertebrates are the ultimate masters of disguise.

In her book, "Octopus!" Katherine Harmon Courage travels the globe to swim, observe, and even taste some of the many octopuses of the world. Here are 30 mind-blowing facts she learned about this squishy predator of the sea along her epic journey.

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Over 95% of all animals on Earth are invertebrates. The octopus is the smartest of them all and has approximately 300 million neurons throughout its body. That's not much compared to the 100 billion in humans, but it's a giant leap from the 16 million in frogs.

Octopuses are solitary creatures who spend most of their lives swimming alone, even when it comes time to mate.

Some, but not all, types of male octopus will steer clear from a female mate. Instead of getting close, he'll send a package of his sperm to her from a distance, which she'll grab and store for later.

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Warning: Do not read ahead if you want to avoid spoilers for "Game of Thrones," as well as speculation about upcoming plot lines.

"Game of Thrones" fans were left on the edge of their seats last June, when the fifth season of HBO's smash hit came to a close on a giant cliffhanger finale.

Filming for next season started almost immediately, and with the set location reveals, new casting calls, and analyses of the book series, fans already have a pretty good idea of what's to come. 

We've sifted through all the rumors and speculation to find the plot lines that are most likely to come to fruition. Scroll down to see what's in store for season six of "Game of Thrones."

Fans are excited to see the return of some characters that were noticeably absent during season five. Notably: Bran Stark and his companion, Hodor.

Isaac Hempstead Wright, the young actor who plays Bran, confirmed he will be back this season. "It’s going to get particularly interesting with Bran," Wright told Entertainment Weekly. 'He has some interesting visions.”

As EW noted, "Game of Thrones" showrunner David Benioff indicated that by the time we see Bran in the upcoming season, he will have already been training with the mysterious "Three Eyed Raven" he was last seen with.

Benioff once made a comparison between Bran Stark and Luke Skywalker to explain his absence in season five. "It would be far less interesting, after 'The Empire Strikes Back' to have an hour-long movie in between 'Empire' and 'Return of the Jedi' where Luke is training,” Benioff said. “It’s so much cooler to cut from [the] end of 'Empire' to beginning of 'Return,' where he’s become the Jedi."

We'll get to see Bran's new abilities, as well as more of his powerful teacher, the Three-Eyed Raven.

Bran is the only active warg currently on the show, which means he has an advanced ability to enter the minds of animals and humans around him. We learned in season four that he is also a "greenseer," someone who can see into the past and future through cryptic visions. 

Bran is coming back, along with his new mentor the Three-Eyed-Raven. Casting announcements were recently made, when Variety confirmed "Max von Sydow will take over the role, which was originated by Struan Rodger in the season four finale of the HBO drama." 

Book readers have speculated Bran will play a big part in the coming war against the Others (the supernatural ice humanoids also known as White Walkers) with his talents, and this will likely be unveiled in the coming episodes.

Bran isn't the only Stark who may return to the screen. Rickon may return, too.

Rickon, the often forgotten Stark, is rumored to return in season six. In case you can't remember who Rickon is, he is the youngest Stark child, who named his direwolf Shaggydog.

In both the show and the books, Rickon hasn't done much. Like his brother Bran, we last saw him in season four. Rickon split from Bran and Hodor, and took a different path with Osha — the Wildling woman who is now in service of House Stark. Their plan was to try and get to the Last Hearth, a castle that belonged to a family who had sworn fealty to the Starks. 

There has been no word of them since.

But actors Art Parkinson and Natalia Tena, who play Rickon and Osha, respectively, have recently been sighted in Belfast, Ireland, a known filming location for "Game of Thrones" scenes that take place in northern Westeros. 

In the book series, it's not clear where Rickon and Osha (spelled Asha in the novels) have been. The last they were mentioned, a loyal Stark follower met Davos Seaworth (Stannis' right hand man) and asked him to find Rickon.

One reader has theorized, based on context clues of the book scene, that Rickon might be hanging out on an island called Skagos, a remote settlement, home to a supposedly cannibal race of men. 

Now that is the type of drama season six would be remiss to leave out. With the actors' reappearance in Belfast, there's a chance the world will finally know what Rickon has been up to all this time.

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Professional economists spend lots of time mulling over government stats on the economy. Popular indicators include the consumer price index and the nonfarm payrolls report.

However, these official reports are always revised, sometimes by amounts so large we wonder why we pay attention to them at all.

Fortunately, we live in an era where massive amounts of information flows freely. And some savvy economists have flagged some seriously unorthodox indicators that reveal the truth about what's really going on in the economy.

Many of us are familiar with some of these indicators like the Big Mac Index and the lipstick indicator.

However, there are even weirder indicators like Kenyan Coca-Cola revenues, alligator populations, cheap romance novel sales, and the intensity of military recruitment ads that are arguably sound in their economic revelations.

Business Insider has compiled a list of the 54 most unusual ones. Take a look.

Eric Platt, Matthew Boesler, and Steven Perlberg contributed to an earlier version of this article.

The romance novel Indicator

The Concept: Bodice-ripping romance novels fly off the shelves during bad times.

The Proof: In 2008, the mega romance novel publisher Harlequin reported that sales were up 32% in 2008. "The publisher credits the increase to its uplifting stories that offer a haven, and to the low prices of the books relative to other entertainment. Harlequin saw a similar sales increase during the recession of the early '90s."

Bike-fatality rates

The Concept: This one's pretty gloomy: During hard times, the number of bicycle fatalities increases. Perhaps this has something to do with the fact that as the economy tanks, people try to save money on gas and switch over to bikes.

The Proof: In the UK, the Department for Transport said fatalities jumped 12% year on year as austerity measures took effect in 2011. Cycling deaths also surged 58% during the Great Depression.

The MaMa index

The Concept: The MaMa Index is a unique economic indicator in the Thai market, which suggests that Thai instant noodles are such an integral part of the economy that they reflect what's going on.

The Proof: Preeyanuch Manomathaya conducted a study on the correlation between Thai instant noodles and the Thai economy. During the peak economics recession, when the Thai economy shrunk by 4%, there was a record drop in instant-noodle sales. And, in 2009, Thai President Foods PCL saw the first drop in sales of instant noodles for the first time in 38 years. 

A good city view can be hard to come by.

Iconic buildings such as New York City's Empire State Building and Paris' Eiffel Tower attract long lines of tourists and often have high prices.

Most big cities though have other options for breathtaking skyline views.

From Taipei to Toronto, we've rounded up 15 lesser-known places where you can catch an unparalleled glimpse of the city.

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The Empire State Building is known as the place for the best views of New York City's skyline. However, when you see the city from there, you miss out on seeing the iconic building itself as part of the view. Try the Top of the Rock observation deck at Rockefeller Center instead; tickets are slightly cheaper, the lines will most likely be shorter, and you'll still get a spectacular view from 70 floors up.

Click here to learn more about the Top of the Rock >

When tourists think of Paris, they usually think of the Eiffel Tower for breathtaking views. But those looking for a little less crowded of an experience should try Parc de Belleville, Paris' highest garden and one of the few remaining vineyards in the city. There are multiple lookouts here that provide sweeping views of the city of lights from a more natural setting.

Click here to learn more about Parc de Belleville >

Rising high above the rest of Toronto's skyline, the CN Tower is a popular spot to catch a glimpse of the skyline. For a much cheaper view though, head to Polson Pier, which sits along the shores of Toronto's harbor. It's a favorite among photographers because of the picture-perfect waterfront view it provides.

Click here to learn more about Polson Pier >

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Spotify's playlist feature makes it incredibly easy to pick a mood or genre and pump hours of music to match it.

But sometimes, there are just way too many playlists to choose from. So we contacted Spotify to find out which three playlists are the most popular on the service right now based on how many streams they get, and thus, the best.

The results might surprise you. Read on to find out what they are.

Coming in third place for most popular playlist is is Baila Reggaeton. Its top song is currently J Balvin's "Ginza."

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Created by Spotify Argentina, Baila Reggaeton has a whopping 1.3 million subscribers and consists of over six hours of mega-fun reggaeton dance hits.

It's the kind of playlist you can turn on at a party. Its description is short and to the point: "Daleeeeee!!!"

Click here for Baila Reggaeton on Spotify.

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These days, feeling stressed at work is practically a given. But you'd think that once you fall asleep, you'd be free from worries about pending project reports and pop-ins from your boss.

Unfortunately, that's hardly the case. Our anxiety about work often spills over into our dreams. Sometimes those dreams are easy to interpret; for example, you might dream about getting fired because you're afraid of it happening in real life. Others, like falling from a great height, are less obviously connected to work anxiety.

We consulted Michael Lennox, Ph.D., a psychologist and an expert in dream interpretation, to find out what the most common work-related anxiety dreams are — and what they're trying to tell you.

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Having sex with a coworker

Lennox says one of the most common workplace dreams he hears is about sex with a coworker — one you're not even remotely attracted to and would never have sex with in real life.

But this dream isn't really about sex. "It takes on a completely different perspective when sex is introduced as a symbol for integration," Lennox says. In other words, you probably want to incorporate some aspect of your coworker's personality into your own.

He gives an example of a client who dreamed about sleeping with her coworker before she had to give a stressful presentation in real life. Lennox helped the woman figure out that her coworker was a skilled public speaker and she wished to emulate that quality.

Being at the office

If you constantly dream about simply being present in your work environment, there's a good chance you're experiencing overwhelming stress.

"There's so much stress there that needs to be offloaded," Lennox says. "That's just a signal that the work stress is so great that you're processing it in your sleep."

Being naked

Lennox says dreaming about being naked is a "perfect symbolic expression" of feeling like a fraud at work (also known as impostor syndrome).

Many people privately experience the fear that other people will find out that they don't really know what they're doing. Being naked at work could mean, Lennox says, that "I will be seen for who I really am. And that will be terrifying."

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Think there's no such thing as a high-paying, low-stress job?

Think again.

Career information expert Laurence Shatkin, Ph.D., compared average salaries and stress levels of the 767 occupations identified by the US Department of Labor to identify jobs with that perfect combination of high pay and low stress, and it turns out there are plenty.

The "stress tolerance" for each job is a rating on a scale from zero to 100, where a lower rating signals less stress. It measures how frequently workers must accept criticism and deal effectively with high stress on the job. The data was gathered from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics and US Occupational Information Network.

Here are 24 jobs that pay more than $70,000 a year, on average, and earned a stress tolerance rating of 70 or lower, in order from lowest to highest stress score.

Vivian Giang contributed to an earlier version of this article.

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Materials Scientists

Stress tolerance: 53.0

Average annual salary (2014):$94,350

What they do: Research and study substances at the atomic and molecular levels and the ways in which substances react with each other, use knowledge to develop new and improved products.

Education requirements: At least a bachelor's degree; master's degree or Ph.D. is needed for many research jobs.

Stress tolerance is measured by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and Occupational Information Network, with lower scores indicating less stress on the job.

Mathematicians

Stress tolerance: 57.2

Average annual salary (2014): $104,350

What they do: Conduct research in fundamental mathematics or in application of mathematical techniques to science, management, and other fields; solve problems in various fields using mathematical methods.

Education requirements: Bachelor's or master's degree for those who want to work in government, and a doctorate may be required to work for private companies.

Stress tolerance is measured by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and Occupational Information Network, with lower scores indicating less stress on the job.

Geographers

Stress tolerance: 58.0

Average annual salary (2014):$75,610

What they do: Study the nature and use of areas of Earth's surface, conduct research on physical aspects of a region, and conduct research on the spatial implications of human activities within a given area.

Education requirements: Master's degree for most positions, some entry-level jobs in the federal government only require a bachelor's degree.

Stress tolerance is measured by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and Occupational Information Network, with lower scores indicating less stress on the job.

Only 17 states in the US require that students at public high schools take a personal finance class before they graduate.

"At the end of the day, kids are not being taught the fundamentals in school. As much as we think or hope they are, it's not happening," says Gregg Murset, certified financial planner and founder of MyJobChart.com, a free tool that teaches kids about money.

That means parents are the ones that have to assume responsibility — and the earlier you start teaching money basics, the better.

"Even if they have personal finance being taught in high school, that's too late," explains Murset. "They're quasi-set in their ways by the time they're 17, so you really have to start a lot earlier."

Every kid learns at a different pace, but you can start laying the groundwork as early as five years old, Murset says.

Here are seven money lessons you can introduce to your kids as early as kindergarten. The more interactive and fun you can make it, the more they'll absorb, so we've also included strategies to help convey the basics suggested by Murset and Peggy Mangot, CEO of SparkGift, a new platform that helps parents teach kids to start investing early.

Of course, we can't guarantee they'll grow to be millionaires, but if you can hammer home these concepts from a young age, they'll be ahead of the curve.

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The concept of earning.

The earlier parents establish the concept of earning, the better, says Murset. Kids need to understand where money comes from, and that it requires a job and work ethic to get money in your wallet.

Strategy: Introduce the concept of an allowance, and give them specific jobs around the house that will earn them a bit of money each week.

Note that giving an allowance the wrong way — not having discussions about how to use the money and simply handing over a certain amount each week — can do more harm than good. Check out the most effective way to give your kids an allowance so they're actually learning about money.

Another option is to encourage them to participate in a bake sale or lemonade stand — something that requires them to put in work in exchange for earnings.

What it means to save, share, and spend.

Once your kids understand the concept of earning money, teach them the three things they can do with their earnings: save, share, and spend.

"If you can relay the concept of earning and then splitting it up — I save for the future, I share with charities or causes I care about, and I spend on things I want or need — that's powerful stuff," says Murset. "It's really personal finance 101."

Strategy: Once your kids have earned money from a bake sale or having completed jobs around the house, explain that in addition to being able to spend it, they need to save and share some.

"Open a savings account for your child," recommends Mangot. "Even a small amount ($20) is a great start. The key is to get in the practice of saving for the long-term." Then, make it a habit, she says: "Make it a monthly practice with your child to make additional deposits to their savings account so they can watch it grow."

As for sharing, help them find a charity or cause that interests them and pick a day each month to donate. 

When it comes to spending, take them to the store with you so they can see what $5 or $10 can buy — let them know that they don't have to spend it right away and that waiting will mean more savings in the future, but let them make the final decision.

How debit and credit cards work.

The concept of debit and credit cards are more difficult than ever for kids to grasp, explains Murset: "We used to be able to pull out our purse or wallet and there would be a wad of money. Now, it's always a card or phone — something invisible — which makes it even more difficult to teach kids about money."

It's important for them to understand that the swipe of a card means money is being removed from an account, Murset says.

Strategy: When you're checking out at the store with your debit or credit card, let them help you enter your PIN number and use it as a chance to explain how the card works. You can also show them the different cards you have and explain how using one card — the debit — will take money out from an account right away, while the credit card will send a bill at the end of the month.

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While Donald Trump loves to be the center of media attention, his third and current wife, Melania Trump, is a bit more camera shy.

The Slovenian-born model keeps a lower profile than her husband, doing philanthropy work, raising their son, working on a jewelry collection with QVC, and creating a $150-an-ounce caviar moisturizer.

With Trump on the campaign trail, Melania has stoically stood by his side.

But who exactly is Melania and where did she come from? Learn about Trump's other half here ...

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Melania Knauss was born April 26, 1970, in Slovenia.

The 5'11" brunette began her modeling career at 16, and signed with a modeling agency in Milan at 18.

She took a break from modeling to get her degree in design and architecture at the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia.

Source: MelaniaTrump.com

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When Matt Gibson left his native British Columbia in 2004, he wasn't looking for adventure.

He was looking for a way to pay off his student loans.

Gibson, now 36, graduated with about $10,000 in student loan debt, and had been working planting trees to try and earn some extra cash when he met a man whose girlfriend was in Taiwan, teaching English to pay off about $70,000 of her own student loans. His new friend quickly joined her.

"At the end of the season I emailed him and he said, 'Come on over,'" Gibson remembers.

Over ten years later, Gibson is still on the move, working as an adventure travel writer and photographer.

You can follow his adventures on his website, XpatMatt.com, or through his Instagram @xpatmatt.

Here's how he's made a career of traveling the world:

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Living in Taiwan and teaching English, Gibson was able to eliminate his loans soon after he arrived, working only 18 hours a week.

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Vase Rock, Xiao Liuchiu, Taiwan.

He soon turned his attention to another project: Creating a quarterly English-language magazine that allowed him to work in the field he'd always dreamed of — writing. "I had a degree in journalism and some ideas about how printing worked, but that's a far cry from running a magazine," he says. "As new problems came up, new problems got solved. I learned Chinese to have the basic advertising conversation and the first ones, I delivered myself. I didn't know how to find a printer — I found one. I didn't know how to prepare the magazine for print — I figured it out."

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 Taroko Gorge, Taiwan.

"By the end it was a pretty successful magazine," Gibson says. "I even made a bit of money on the last few issues, and then I sold it." After three years of living in Taiwan and running the magazine, he decided to focus on his freelance travel writing and blogging while traveling through Thailand, Cambodia, and the Philippines.

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 The Philippines.

Bankrate's recently released "Best and Worst States for Drivers" rankings place Minnesota at number five spot.

The Bankrate rankings are intended to depict the "overall experience for motorists in each state."

To do this, Bankrate came up with six categories that they evenly weighted: number of fatal crashes (per 100M miles driven), car thefts (per 100k people), repair costs (per job), gas prices, insurance premiums (five-year annual), and commute times (each way in minutes).

The information was provided from an assortment of public and private agencies including Highway Safety, CarMD, the US Department of Transportation, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

After gathering the information for all fifty states and compiling the statistics into their ranking system, Bankrate noticed a few trends. "The best states for drivers have lots of wide-open spaces, whereas the worst states tend to be filled with people and cars – a bad combination for drivers’ wallets,” Bankrate senior analyst Chris Kahn wrote in an e-mailed report. 

Minnesota earned its place near the top of the list thanks to low commute times, low gas and repair costs, and safe drivers (and a low number of fatal crashes). The insurance premiums and car theft rate in Minnesota are higher than some of the other states on the list.

5.) Minnesota

Minnesota, "Land of 10,000 Lakes," is also "Land of Great Places to Drive."

• Commute (each way in minutes): 22.5
• Insurance premium (5-year avg.): $782
• Gas prices (annual): $927
• Car repair costs (cost per job): $377 
• Car thefts (per 100k people): 147.0
• Fatal crashes (per 100M mi. driven): 0.7

4.) Wisconsin

Wisconsin has the trifecta of cheap car care with low repair, gas, and insurance prices. But high levels of car thefts and crashes cost it an even higher ranking.

• Commute: 21.8
• Insurance premium: $663
• Gas prices: $1,034
• Car repair costs: $359
• Car thefts: 128.6
• Fatal crashes: 99.2

3.) Wyoming

Wyoming placed third on the list due to cheap car repairs, safe drivers, and low commute times. The state still suffers from high gas prices, but it has one of the lowest commute times in the country.

• Commute: 15.9
• Insurance premium: $796
• Gas prices: $1,614
• Car repair costs: $309
• Car thefts: 99.2
• Fatal crashes: 0.9

Earlier this month, an image of a drowned Syrian toddler made the front pages of newspapers across Europe. The picture was emblematic of a crisis that has been plaguing the continent for years.

This year, it's estimated that Germany will grant asylum to over 800,000 refugees. Hungary, by contrast, will build a fences to keep them out. And Britain is slowly starting to accept them in small numbers. Europe has become a continent divided.

As civil wars and conflict with the Islamic State (ISIS) ravage their home countries, desperate refugees see Europe as a beacon of hope where they can rebuild their lives.

This is their story in pictures.

In Syria, almost half of the country's 23 million people have been forced from their homes, while ISIS has displaced over 2.5 million Iraqis. There are currently nine civil wars raging across the Middle East and Northern Africa.

There are several reasons the number of refugees is rising. These wars show no sign of ending. The longer the war goes on, the more likely people are to pack up their bags and leave as any way of making a living back home are destroyed.

Refugees are coming from Afghanistan, Somalia, Eritrea, and Sudan, But Syria has become the largest source of refugees. The country has been embroiled in a bloody civil war since 2011, forcing 9 million Syrians to flee their homes.

Source: Syrian Refugees

London is extremely short of housing, but if you're uber-wealthy then you'll have no problem finding an amazing place to rent out.

While we've obsessed with how oligarchs and sheiks are snapping up some of the most pricey properties in Britain's capital, new data from estate agents EJ Harris show that super-rich students are hoovering up luxury rental property across London every year.

According to the group, over 107,000 international students studying in London contribute £600 million ($924 million) in rental income to the capital’s rental market every year with the wealthiest Chinese, Russian and Malaysian students spending around £72,000 ($110,850) per annum on properties in the most sought after addresses in London.

That's nearly triple the average British wage of £26,500 ($40,823) per year.

So what makes these properties so expensive to rent? Check it out some of the flats here.

The wealthiest Chinese, Russian and Malaysian students typically spend up to £1,500 ($2,310) per week to live in the most sought after addresses in London – Mayfair, Knightsbridge and South Kensington.

The properties, like this one in Cadogan Gardens near Sloane Square, are always immaculate and have light airy rooms – even if it's a flat.

Even the bathrooms rival those of 5 star hotels.

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Apple may not be rolling out its own car anytime soon, but the company’s CarPlay system will be getting an update before you know it.

With the rollout of iOS 9, which is expected to become available for download September 16, the tech giant is making some improvements to its car system and adding some more functions.

CarPlay integrates with your vehicle’s infotainment system to give you access to some of the features in your iPhone. You can navigate, play music, send messages, and make phone calls. Siri is also a pretty useful tool in CarPlay, as it enables you to manage everything hands-free via voice-control. 

Here's a look at three ways Apple is making the system better. 

You won’t have to plug in your iPhone

If your car supports CarPlay and a wireless connection, you won't have to plug your phone into the USB port on your car's dashboard. Your iPhone will wirelessly connect with your car so  you can automatically control features from the display screen.

You can play audio messages

With the next software update, users will also be able to listen to audio messages from friends, so you can hear their messages in their voice.

You can control even more of your car's functions

Car makers will be able to create apps that enable users to create their own apps to control functions in their car. For example, you could control air conditioning via the CarPlay app instead of using manual controls or by switching back to the manufacturer's interface. Currently, the only other third-party apps available on CarPlay are audio apps like Spotify and Audible.

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The Rich Kids of Instagram have been keeping busy this summer.

The two-year-old Tumblr blog and Instagram account aggregate photos from the world's richest young Instagram users, but nothing is too outlandish or flashy for these kids— pictures of bottles of Champagne, diamond-encrusted Rolexes, and private yachts are posted almost daily. It's next-level humblebragging. 

We took a look at the Rich Kids of Instagram earlier this year, but we're checking back in to see what they've been doing to wrap up their summers. We weren't shocked to discover they have been vacationing in the most exotic locales, showing off their riches, and drinking lots of sparkling wine.

Taking private planes to Monaco for lunch, as you do.

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They love their champagne.

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"Save water, spray champagne."

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In January of 2008, Will Hatton booked his first trip abroad for his 19th birthday — to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, in Tanzania.

"I just wanted to do something different. I hadn't done anything remotely exciting with my life. I wanted to go up a mountain but I didn't have any climbing experience, so did some research and found for Kilimanjaro you don't have to have any mountaineering skills," says Hatton, who had been unloading trucks for a grocery store in his hometown of Brighton, England.

That trip was the start of seven years of travel, covering everywhere from Morocco to Laos to Vietnam to Israel to Central America. He's done it all on a strict budget.

You can follow his adventures on his website, The Broke Backpacker, or his Facebook, The Broke Backpacker.

After spending two years in Asia spending an average of $12 a day, and planning an 18-month trek to Papua New Guinea with a $30-a-day budget, here, he explains what it's like to travel the world on the cheap.

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After his initial trip to Tanzania, Hatton returned home to the UK to attend university, during which he spent 10 weeks traveling through India. Upon graduation, he hitchhiked from the UK down to Morocco, then headed to Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia for another 10 weeks.

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 Hampi, India, a UNESCO World Heritage Site near Bangalore.

In September 2011, after graduating university, he booked a one-way ticket to India and started a blog for his family and friends to follow his adventures. He ended up spending two years in Asia, living on a budget that averaged out to about $12 a day — including flights. That first year in India, he spent less than $3,000.

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 Myanmar (Burma).

He's able to stick to such a tight budget thanks to his willingness to hitchhike, camp, and pass on expensive excursions with higher price tags. "It is uncomfortable, and it is difficult," he says. 'What made it easier back in the day was I was so excited about being on the road that I didn't mind being uncomfortable. I still don't, but now I have a decent tent and camping gear, which makes a huge difference. "

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 Backpacking in Venezuela.

No, Siri is not actually going to give you a hint about Apple's media event Wednesday. But it's still fun to ask.

The digital personal assistant has a new series of fresh answers when you ask it for a clue about Apple's big event in San Francisco.

Some background: Late last month Apple sent out invitations to its annual iPhone launch event. Emblazoned on the invitation, seen here, was the phrase "Hey Siri, give us a hint." Many think the Siri reference is a nod to the new Apple TV, which is expected to have Siri functionality built into it for quick searching.

The invitations prompted a legion of iPhone owners to ask Siri for a hint, but in return, they were called "desperate for information," among other things, by Apple's personal digital assistant. Siri's new answers troll iPhone users even more, replete with binary code (my personal favorite) and even a reference to Tim Cook.  

Siri is sure to be center stage at Wednesday's event, which is shaping up to be the biggest ever for Apple. Tech Insider will be at the event in San Francisco so be sure to follow along for all of the latest Apple news and analysis on Wednesday.

For now, check out some of these clever responses from Siri, regarding Apple's big event this week.

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Interior designer Ashley Hicks and digital fashion editor Kata de Solis said "I do" over the weekend.

Like many couples, they made sure friends and family were able to document their night on Instagram using a personal hashtag (theirs was #ashleykatahooha.)

But unlike other couples, Hicks and de Solis actually met through the popular photo-sharing app, making this wedding, The Daily Mail declares, the first-ever "Instagram wedding."

Instagram is hardly ever touted as a dating site but Hicks, 52 and the godson of Prince Philip, proposed to De Solis, 34, once credited for leading a scrunchie revival,  just one month after the two met through the app.

According to the hundreds of photos tagged on Instagram, the couple had a unique ceremony and reception, which included bunny ears, chicken costumes, and painted women.

The happy couple's unconventional love story is splashed across their Instagram pages.

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Ashley Hicks is a renowned British designer. His Instagram account is filled with photos of architecture, flowers, and chickens.

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Hicks is part of the British royal family, a second-cousin to Prince Philip. His sister, India Hicks, was actually one of Princess Diana's bridesmaids at her royal wedding.

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Sitting on top of a 150-foot volcanic cinder cone, this spacecraft-esque home is known as "The Volcano House." 

Public television host Huell Howser was the mid-century property's last owner. He listed it back in 2009 for $750,000, according to the Los Angeles Times.

After failing to sell it, Howser donated the estate (which includes a lake and a guest house) to Chapman University in 2012. The university intended to use the property for desert studies, astronomy, and geology, but later deemed the remote location impractical. 

Listed by Brady Sandahl of HOM Sotheby's International Realty, the home's new asking price is $650,000. Keep scrolling for a look inside. 

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The 2,206-square-foot mid-century home sits on 60 acres in the Mojave Desert.

Built in 1970, architect Harold Bissner Jr. designed the home to look like an information center at the heart of a nuclear generating plant.

Source: Los Angeles Times

It's located in Newberry Springs, California, which is about halfway between Los Angeles and Las Vegas.

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I just spent four days with 70,000 people at Burning Man in the Black Rock Desert, a remote part of Nevada.

There is no power grid and no running water, yet during this week Black Rock City emerges out of the dust to become the 10th-largest city in Nevada. Despite reports that the festival is losing its edge as wealthy tech titans like Elon Musk, Sergey Brin, and Mark Zuckerberg erect fancy luxury camps, I can report that this year's festival was as wild as ever.

Much like when I first attended two years ago, I saw plenty of nudity, free hugs and massages, attractions like human petting zoos, dozens of weddings and memorial ceremonies, world-class DJs playing on Vegas-style sound systems at all hours of the day and night, buses and tractors turned into party yachts, fire-breathing dragons and other outrageous "art cars," people climbing on giant art installations, and generous offerings of food and alcohol to strangers.

This year also saw unseasonably bad dust storms and freezing temperatures, but that didn't stop 70,000 attendees from having the time of their lives.

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Many journeys to Burning Man start in Reno, Nevada, where groups meet to pick up vehicles and friends.

But Burning Man officially begins three hours from Reno at the gates of Black Rock City, where vehicles wait in lines of traffic before they can be admitted.

Each car is searched by a Burning Man organizer to make sure you aren't sneaking anyone in. While your car is searched, everyone inside must wait outside and get their tickets scanned.

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