Even if you've played a certain sport for your entire life, there's a chance you might not know all the rules.

The users of Reddit proved this with a thread asking a simple question: "What are the dumbest rules in any sport?"

After less than a day on the site, the question has already garnered over 4,000 responses. Keep reading to see some of the most puzzling sports rules, according to Reddit.

NFL Football

"In the NFL, if you fumble anywhere on the field and it goes out of bounds, you get the ball back where it went out. But if it goes into the end zone and out of bounds, not only do you lose possession, but the other team gets the ball on the 20." - Electric-Banana

"In the NFL you're allowed to challenge a call, but you're not allowed to challenge the lack thereof." - northCorrea

"Pass interference in (American) Football. I have never understood the concept of this. Isn't the whole point to interfere with the receiver's ability to catch the football? I'm not saying we should be going full WWE here and saying people should be slamming each other to the ground, but why are we penalizing players for doing the job they're supposed to be doing — stopping receivers from catching footballs?" - NightwingDragon

Hockey

"In the NHL, you get a two-minute minor penalty for having your jersey tucked in." - jahenry13

Chess

"If one player has only the king remaining but cannot move without getting into check-mate, it's a draw." - HellTanner

"In chess for women, there is a rule that a woman has lost a game if she has too much cleavage showing. If her opponent claims this happens, there is some kind of jury who will decide whether the woman has indeed too much cleavage showing or not." - Xadya

Sitting atop the historic Lowell hotel on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, a three-bedroom suite recently came onto the market for a whopping $300,000 a month.

The roughly 2,900-square-foot penthouse comes fully furnished, including an Apple desktop and five landline phones. It has three bedrooms and three bathrooms, including a stunning master bath that's covered in Italian marble.

Tenants will also be able to enjoy all of the usual hotel amenities, like room service — including a menu for pets — and laundry.

"It has the warmth and elegance of a beautiful, private residence within the complete comfort of a five-star boutique hotel,"listing agent Therese Bateman, of Brown Harris Stevens, told Business Insider. 

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The penthouse is perched atop the historic Lowell Hotel, which dates back to 1927. The apartment, however, has sleek modern finishings.

The ideal tenant would be "those who seek a sanctuary of privacy, security, and complete pampering in the perfect location," Amie Buchanan, Director of Sales and Marketing at The Lowell, told us.

The monthly rent will include access to a number of amenities, including Wi-Fi, dog-walking, twice-a-day turndowns, and packing and unpacking services.

People have always been fascinated by the last words of others.

Perhaps they hold a touch of wisdom, a final joke, or even confirmation of who's getting what in the will.

In light of that, Business Insider put together a list of the reported last words of 18 famous historical figures.

Check them out below.

Karl Marx, philosopher.

"Last words are for fools who haven't said enough." 

Source: International Business Times

Richard Feynman, theoretical physicist.

"I'd hate to die twice. It's so boring."

Source: "The Power of Personality" by Sylvia Loehken

Archimedes, mathematician.

"Stand away, fellow, from my diagram!"

Archimedes was killed during the Second Punic War. According to the historian Plutarch, a soldier reportedly came up to the mathematician and told him to go with him to Marcellus.

Archimedes, however, refused to do so until he finished the problem he was working on. Enraged, the soldier killed him.

Sources: "The Parallel Lives" by Plutarch, "Famous Last Words" by Laura Ward

Some photographers think they have to travel to the ends of the world to get the most interesting and unique images.

Meryl Meisler, however, did the opposite. In the 1970s, she decided to take photos of her charismatic family at home, in their neighborhood on Long Island.

“I documented celebrations and daily life with close extended family, neighbors, friends, and friends of friends, portraying special relationships between the subjects, the joys and activities of everyday life,” Meisler told Business Insider.

In her new book, "Purgatory & Paradise: SASSY 70s Suburbia And the City," Meisler's Long Island photos are juxtaposed with images of '70s street- and nightlife in New York City. The result is an unusual but strangely dynamic combination that flows cohesively as a singular narrative.

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Born in the South Bronx, Meisler moved to Long Island in 1954 at age two. She was around seven the first time she held a camera, but it wasn’t until graduate school that she set out to create her first body of work. “In the 1970s, I pretty much carried my camera with me everywhere,” she said.

Meisler photographed a local motorcycle gang in Madison during her first semester of grad school at the University of Wisconsin. Over Thanksgiving break back home, she shot movie theaters in Times Square. It wasn't until winter that she finally started her Long Island series, which would remain her complete focus from then on. Meisler had a clear vision from the start: "I wanted to photograph where I was coming from, emphasizing the elements of play and love."

Jacque Henri Lartigue, who photographed his aristocratic French family at play in the early 20th century, was a big inspiration for Meisler's images of family and friends. "I loved their costumes, attire, antics and obvious love of fun, life and each other," she said.

Paying off a mortgage can be a long and stressful process.

One Detroit-based couple decided to forgo that financial burden altogether by purchasing a 103-year-old fixer-upper.

Justin Craig, 35, and Alia Polsgrove, 33, left Seattle for Detroit three years ago. Polsgrove, originally from the area, was ready to return, and the couple was eager to start their business RUNdetroit, a running store that also coordinates running events and group runs.

Knowing RUNdetroit would be located in the heart of the city, they wanted to live downtown, but they also didn't want to settle into an apartment or condo.

The most economical decision was pretty clear to the couple: Take on a fixer-upper home with the mind-boggling price tag of just $6,500, plus $6,000 more in back taxes.

While a $12,500 home is unfathomable in most big cities, it's not an anomaly in Detroit — particularly three years ago during the city's financial crisis, when the couple made the purchase. The city promotes new ownership through programs like Building Detroit, which has daily auctions of rundown homes starting at $1,000.

After seeing Craig's story in Credit Sesame, Business Insider reached out to Craig and Polsgrove to find out what it's really like to rehabilitate a home and start a business in Detroit:

SEE ALSO: How one couple earned 7 degrees without taking out student loans — and still saved enough to stop working for 5 years

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"It was as unorthodox as you could possibly get," Craig (pictured above with Polsgrove) tells Business Insider of how they found their home. "In a really roundabout way, we got in touch with somebody in the neighborhood who knew of a couple houses that were not listed, but were technically for sale in a handshake kind of deal."

They took the plunge in December 2012, and sealed the deal on the four-floor American Foursquare with a couple emails, a few signatures, and a wire transfer check.

"There was no financing. No inspections," Craig explains. "It was as informal as it could get."

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Securing the home was the easy part. In need of significant repairs, their fixer-upper had been in an unlivable condition for about a year and a half. And while Craig and Polsgrove moved in the summer of 2014, they still don't have a kitchen.

"It's a unique living situation for the moment," Craig admits. "But it'll be worth it when it's all said and done."

So far, they've put about $65,000 toward renovations. They expect the finished product — including landscaping and the garage — to cost a total of $120,000.

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"When we bought the house it had been empty for seven years," Craig explains. "And it had changed hands many times before we purchased it, so there was a lot of work that had been started and a lot work that was quite questionable. We basically started from scratch for everything. We had a blank canvas to really make it our own."

Originally, it was completely unlivable, with missing windows and no real door handle. "We had to use a screwdriver every time we came in and out of the house just to get the door open," Craig says.

They stayed with Polsgrove's parents in Monroe, Michigan — about 50 miles from downtown Detroit — for a year, which was nice from a money-saving standpoint, but made for a long commute to work. After a year of 60-minute commutes, they decided to rent a more conveniently located place, one block from their Foursquare.

"After six months of renting we had mostly finished up the second floor to a point where we could move in and be fairly comfortable," Craig says. "That was June of 2014."

Physical touch can strengthen our emotional bonds with other people, but it's easy to cross the line and come off as a touchy-feely creep.

Luckily, a new study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has defined our unspoken social conventions.

The study surveyed 1,368 people and found that the closer a person feels to someone, the more likely they'd feel comfortable being touched on a larger area of their bodies.

Scroll down to see where and by whom the respondents drew the lines — quite literally — of a touch being OK or downright weird.

Researchers asked 1,368 people from Finland, France, Italy, Russia, and the United Kingdom to color in a human outline to show where they didn't mind being touched by different relations.

Then the scientists averaged all the drawings. White and yellow areas indicate a comfortable area to touch, while red and dark red areas indicate discomfort.

Black areas indicate a "taboo zone," where a person with that relationship "is not allowed to touch."

Hindsight is 20/20, as they say, and oftentimes it can lead to regret.

Some people have the philosophy that everything happens for a reason, and there is no point in having regrets.

But for so many of us, looking back on our lives can lead us to linger on one poignant moment or period when we wish we had done things differently, and that nagging question, "What if ...?," plays on repeat in our heads.

"This may sound a little melodramatic, but no matter how happy you are, at my age your regrets are countless,"writes Quora user Gary Teal in response to the question, "When people look back on their lives, what are common regrets they have?""You have made decades' worth of little miscalculations you can't completely erase from your memory, as well as a number of big mistakes that made life permanently harder."

Quora user Bradley Voytek points to a national survey about the regrets of a typical American, which found 13 common sources for regret. They are, in order: romance, family, education, career, finance, parenting, health, "other," friends, spirituality, community, leisure, and self.

Vaughn Bell at Mind Hacks notes that there are two ways people frame their regrets: The things they did that they wish they hadn't, and the things they wish they had done but didn't.

"The difference between the two is often a psychological one, because we can frame the same regret either way — as regret about an action: 'If only I had not dropped out of school;' or as a regret about an inaction: 'If only I had stayed in school.'

"Despite the fact that they are practically equivalent, regrets framed as laments about actions were more common and more intense than regrets about inactions, although inaction regrets tended to be longer lasting," Bell writes.

Here are some of the most common regrets as chronicled by Quora users (answers have been edited for clarity): 

SEE ALSO: The guy whose wife famously said women can't have it all tells his side of the story

Romance

"I regret that I never fell in love with someone who was in love with me, when that would have been easy for me to do.

"I regret being like an old song sung by Buffy Sainte-Marie: 'Must I go bound and you so free, Must I love one who doesn't love me, Must I be born with so little art, As to love the one who would break my heart?'"—David Kahana

Children

"For as long as I can remember, I have wanted to have kids. But in my younger years, I foolishly assumed that unlike certain accomplishments like a career, the marriage and kids thing would just happen.

"Well, they didn't. I dated plenty of people but never even thought about making family a priority. Then, in my late 30s, a bout with ovarian cancer left me permanently infertile.

"I think about the kids I never had every day, several times a day. I have a great relationship with my nieces and nephews, and volunteer at a children's hospital on a regular basis, but it's just not the same to be around other people's kids. I would love to adopt or be a foster mother, and hopefully be in a financial and domestic situation that would make this feasible one day.

"But again, not the same. And it pisses me off when people say, "You're lucky you don't have kids, they're so much work, blah blah blah." Yes, but a lot of things in life that are worthwhile are also so much work.

"I think the mothering instinct is so strong in some women that the knowledge that one will never get a chance to give birth and raise their own child goes beyond regret. One that a bar chart cannot capture. I can deal with most of my other regrets in life but am having a hard time dealing with this one."—Caroline Zelonka

Parents

"I regret not choosing to spend more time with my parents in my twenties. I lost my mother in 2000, and I feel the loss of the friendship we never had.

"She was very demanding, very strict, and from the perspective of a young man, very unreasonable. It turned out, as I live through middle age, that most of the ideals I have today ended up being the ones she put on me.

"Sometimes, after a setback, I feel the impulse to call her, and in the second or so that it takes for me to realize she isn't alive to speak to any longer, I realize how much I still need her.

"You cannot negotiate with death. It is final, often sudden, and personal. The last night I had with her, at a hospice in Chicago, I was exhausted and asked her if she minded if I went home. She immediately whispered that absolutely, I should rest, and to be careful driving home. I curled her fingers around the nurses call button, and kissed her on the forehead. I remember I felt some relief that I was leaving.

"I know it didn't make a difference, leaving at that time, or leaving a few hours later. She was going to die either way. But reflecting on that moment today I know then that I didn't understand how precious those minutes were, and how a door was being closed that would never open again."—Jim Wagner

Cities like New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles attract young people to the states of New York and California with vibrant nightlife and endless dining options ... but they're not the greatest places to build wealth.

In fact, North Dakota — with its low unemployment rate for young adults and affordable rental rates — topped MoneyRates' list of "The Best States for Young People".

In a study that hones in on where 20- to 24-year-olds have the best shot at thriving in today's economy, MoneyRates analyzed eight economic and lifestyle factors in all 50 states, including: youth unemployment, education costs, costs and availability of rental housing, nightlife, and overall healthfulness.

Here, we've highlighted the percentage of 20- to 24 year-olds in each state, along with the unemployment rate of those aged 20 t0 24, from the US Census Bureau — for comparison purposes, the national unemployment rate for this age group is 9.4%.

We also highlighted the hourly wage you would need to rent a two-bedroom apartment in each state, according to a new CityLab study.

Read on to see which other states made the top 10:

SEE ALSO: The 10 Best States To Be Young In America

10. District of Columbia

Percentage of population aged 20-24: 7%

Youth unemployment rate: 12.9%

Hourly wage needed to rent a two-bedroom apartment: $28.04

9. Louisiana

Percentage of population aged 20-24: 7.5%

Youth unemployment rate: 13.8%

Hourly wage needed to rent a two-bedroom apartment: $15.48

8. Kansas

Percentage of population aged 20-24: 7.4%

Youth unemployment rate: 7.8%

Hourly wage needed to rent a two-bedroom apartment: $14.54

Back in the '50s and '60s, when you wanted to hang with friends you'd head not to the local watering hole, but to a diner or soda shop. There you might enjoy a milkshake with a plate of fries or a delicious slice of pie.

But many of these small, locally owned diners have struggled to survive in a modern market that's increasingly crowded by national chain restaurants. That's where Ty Pennington and Amanda Freitag come in. 

In their Food Network show, "American Diner Revival," Pennington and Freitag travel across the country to find small-town diners whose menu and design could use a little boost. The show's second season premieres Friday night. 

"Diners are the quintessential small business," Freitag, who most recently served as the executive chef at Empire Diner in Manhattan, told Business Insider. "They're the hub of the community. They're usually family-owned and passed down from generation to generation." 

Freitag, who is also a judge on "Chopped," shared her favorite American diners with Business Insider. 

SEE ALSO: The best doughnut shop in every state

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Pilgrim Diner — Cedar Grove, New Jersey

82 Pompton Avenue, Cedar Grove

Freitag grew up in New Jersey, the diner capital of the US, and Pilgrim Diner is her hometown spot. It's a popular late-night joint that's known for its disco fries.

"We went there as kids, we went there as teens, we see senior citizens go there to get a cup of coffee and a slice of pie," Freitag said. "It's your typical, wonderful diner." 

Silver Diner

Multiple locations in Virginia, Maryland, and New Jersey

Silver Diner may look like an old-school chrome diner from the outside, but its chefs are actually approaching classic dishes, in a fresh, modern way. 

"A lot of diners use frozen products because they're so busy and have so many customers," Freitag said. "But Silver Diner makes an effort to use fresh, local ingredients. It's a very good example of why diners are making a comeback." 

Little Goat — Chicago, Illinois

820 West Randolph Street, Chicago

Little Goat is run by Chef Stephanie Izard, a close friend of Freitag. Izard puts a modern, playful twist on classic diner food — like a dish she calls a "kimchee & bacon & eggs & pancakes & Asian style breakfast tasty thing," for example. 

"This is a great example of a chef-driven diner," Freitag said. "It's just a fun place to be — and the food is outstanding." 

Do you know which popular holiday spice can help soothe a toothache? Or why chocolate is toxic to dogs and cats?

By digging deep into the molecular chemistry of everyday foods and spices, Cambridge-based chemistry teacher Andy Brunning has the answers.

And you don't have to be a chemistry-expert to understand them.

Brunning heads the popular science website Compound Interest and recently published the book "Why Does Asparagus Make Your Wee Smell?: And 57 other curious food and drink questions."

Here are 15 of Brunning's amazing graphics about the chemistry of asparagus, cloves, coffee, nutmeg, and much more:

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When your doctor says don't eat grapefruit, she means it! Grapefruit contains compounds that can prevent your body from breaking down certain medications, including some statin drugs to lower cholesterol, like Lipitor, and some antihistamines, like Allegra.

Additional source: FDA

Clove oil is rich in a compound called eugenol, which has antiseptic and anti-inflammatory properties that can ease dental pain.

Leaves from the coriander plant are a popular ingredient in Indian cuisine. But the leaves can sometimes taste soapy. That's because they contain similar aldehyde compounds found in many soaps and lotions.

In college there's a seductive fourth meal that happens usually sometime between 10 p.m. and dawn.

We've put together a list of 40 late-night food joints that have become college favorites, pulling suggestions from students to make our selections.

From sandwiches stuffed with mozzarella sticks to fresh Mexican grub you can get at 2 a.m., here are 40 spots to satisfy your appetite.

SEE ALSO: 50 meals everyone should eat in their lifetime

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Fat Sal's Deli—Los Angeles, California

972 Gayley Ave

Popular with: University of California Los Angeles

Fat Sal’s is known for its over-the-top late-night bites. Their sandwiches are stuffed with everything from roast beef and mozzarella sticks to cheeseburgers. Even their fries make for a hearty bite, with toppings that include chopped bacon, melted mozzarella, and ranch.

Koronet Pizza – New York City, New York

2848 Broadway

Popular with: Columbia University

An average piece of pizza from Koronet Pizza is about the size of a human face, which is one of the things that makes this late-night slicery so great. And for a pie-size slice, you're spending $4.50— less than an actual pie, and perfect for a college budget.

Freebirds World Burrito—Isla Vista, California

879 Embarcadero Del Norte

Popular with: University of California, Santa Barbara 

With fresh options like chicken quesadillas stuffed with cheese, beans, and pico de gallo to crispy loaded nachos, Freebirds is the go-to spot after a night of long partying on Isla Vista. The best part is it’s open until 3a.m so you can get your late-night fix.

The New York City of the 1980s is quite different from the city we know today. Homicides were at near-record highs, the crack epidemic was raging, and the city had not yet experienced the wave of gentrification that has marked the city in modern times.

Janet Delaney grew up in the suburbs of Los Angeles but always wanted to experience the city life. Though she never officially made the move to the Big Apple, she took several trips and ended up taking some beautiful photos there.

Below are some of her photos that depict what New York City was like decades ago.

SEE ALSO: 31 beautiful vintage photos that show what New York City looked like in the 1940s

Delaney started taking one-week trips to New York in the mid-1980s.

"When I visited New York during these years, 1984 to 1987, I was happily taking photographs because I was in love with the place," she said to Business Insider.

One trip, while she was staying at a friend's loft, she came back at 3 in the morning and realized she had forgotten the key.

Cars are more than just a means to get from point a to point b. They can be works of rolling automotive art. Legendary designers such as Marcello Gandini, Giorgetto Giugiaro, and more recently Ian Callum are artistic geniuses as much as they're "car guys."

While beauty is without a doubt purely in the eye of the beholder, there are certain cars whose sleek lines, luscious curves, or sheer aggression make them universally loved. Well, at least universally loved here at Business Insider. 

2015 had been a great year for the auto industry. Much of the success the car business has experienced has come from sales of trucks and SUVs. Useful vehicles, but not generally the best looking. Whenever we enjoy a market like this, we like to remind ourselves that there's another whole class of cars.

Thus, this list contains what we consider to be the ultimate collection of automotive elegance on sale today.

10. Volkswagen Scirocco: Based on the fantastic Volkswagen GTI, the Scirocco offers a wide stance and an aggressive, angular front headlight-and-grille combo.

Although the Scirocco is sold around the world, it is doesn't look like the stylish coupe will be coming to America anytime soon.

9. Chevrolet Corvette Stingray: The Vette has always been beautiful to its devoted followers, but the current generation Stingray is without a doubt the prettiest version of the American idol that we've seen in decades.

The more famous Jennifer Lawrence becomes, the tighter she keeps her core friend group.

Lawrence was recently named 2015 Entertainer of the Year by Entertainment Weekly.

In an interview with EW, she talked about the importance of keeping a small circle of "real" friends. 

“None of my friends bulls**t me,” Lawrence said. “Everything in my life has to be real.”

Gaining her trust isn't easy.

"I have a very small circle," she said. "The moment I feel like someone is using me or is in it for the wrong reasons, I have zero guilt about just cutting them the f**k out of my life."

This small yet enviable group includes others in the entertainment industry working at the top of their field, whether acting, comedy, or music.

Here is a rundown of Jennifer Lawrence's "squad," as Instagram would have it.

SEE ALSO: Jennifer Lawrence got drunk to film her sex scene with Chris Pratt

Amy Schumer recently became one of Lawrence's best friends and a close collaborator.

Schumer and Lawrence danced together onstage at a Billy Joel concert. The two are now writing a movie together.

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Schumer had a huge year in 2015. She wrote and starred in the hit "Trainwreck," which grossed $139.3 million worldwide. In September, she signed an $8 million book deal.

Source: Box Office Mojo; The New York Times

It isn't just wealth. And it isn't just control over people or resources. No, true power is a potent combination of money and influence that enables people to help shape the world. But only a select group of people really possess the economic and political clout to effect global change. For better or worse, their decisions affect millions, shake industries, and change nations.

Business Insider has compiled the following list of the world's most powerful people — heads of state, billionaires, CEOs, and entertainers. To determine the ranking, we considered more than 100 of the most influential players in business, politics, and entertainment, and we evaluated their influence by using metrics in four major areas: economic power, command, newsworthiness, and impact— a subjective measure that captures how important they are in their respective spheres.

Because the majority of these people span several industries, we took the logarithm of each and mapped those logarithms to a standardized scale, which allowed us to combine the metrics. (See our full methodology here.)

US President Barack Obama, leader of the world's chief superpower, takes top honors, followed by Chinese President Xi Jinping, ruler of the a country making a serious challenge to US supremacy. Read on to see the full list of the world's 50 most powerful people right now:

Editing by Alex Morrell with additional research by Andy Kiersz.

SEE ALSO: The 50 most powerful companies in America

SEE ALSO: The 25 richest self-made billionaires

50. Jay Z and Beyoncé

Titles: Singer (Beyoncé), rapper and entrepreneur (Jay Z)

Country: US

Age: 34 (Beyoncé), 45 (Jay Z)

Music's biggest power couple, Beyoncé and Jay Z turn nearly everything they touch into gold, which has helped them mint a combined fortune of $950 million.

Beyoncé shocked the music industry in 2013 when she released an album on iTunes without promotion — it went on to sell over 5 million copies thanks to hits like "Drunk in Love" and "Partition."

Jay Z is consistently one of the highest earners in music, reportedly raking in $56 million last year through his many ventures, including his Roc Nation music label and its sports division. Though his streaming service, Tidal, encountered some turbulence— the hip-hop mogul himself forgot he owned it— Jay Z is still just about everywhere in the entertainment industry.

49. Mukesh Ambani

Title: Chairman and managing director, Reliance Industries

Country: India

Age: 58

Mukesh Ambani took over as the chairman of Reliance Industries when his father, the company's founder, Dhirubhai Ambani, died in 2002. The enormous industrial conglomerate generates $61 billion in annual sales from its interests in energy, petrochemicals, textiles, natural resources, retail, and, more recently, telecommunications.

Ambani is the richest person in India with a personal fortune of over $23 billion. He owns a 27-story Mumbai mansion that cost $1 billion to build.

And if Ambani's projections for India's economy prove correct, expect that net worth to soar. Four years ago, Ambani predicted that India would grow from a $1.4 trillion economy in 2011 to a $30 trillion economy by 2030 — a bullish estimate considering that India's GDP today stands at $2.2 trillion.

48. Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán

Title: Leader, Sinaloa Cartel

Country: Mexico

Age: 60

Mexican drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán is perhaps the wealthiest and most notorious gangster on the planet, with a net worth of $1.1 billion. The leader of the infamous Sinaloa Cartel, El Chapo has been accused of importing over 180,000 kilos of cocaine into the US. Drug-enforcement experts estimate his cartel's annual revenues at greater than $3 billion.

Cunning and evasive, El Chapo escaped from a Mexican prison in July (not for the first time) by way of a labyrinthine tunnel he may have paid $50 million in bribes and construction costs to have built. The US State Department is offering a reward of up to $5 million to anyone with information leading to his arrest.

Most of us have some experience with debt, whether that's a mortgage, student loans, or a credit card balance.

In fact, a survey from MagnifyMoney found that over 42% of Americans hold an average of nearly $11,000 in credit card debt, specifically.

But not everyone wilts in the face of owing thousands, and we can name names.

Here, we've highlighted insight from normal people who paid their way out of the red.

Austin Netzley started by getting clear on what he owed.

How much debt he paid: $81,000

How long it took him: Less than 3 years

One trick he used: Getting a clear picture of his debts by gathering all of his info in one place.

Netzley writes:

You can't fix what you don't know, so I had to get very clear on all of my loan details, including all of the debt balances, lender information, interest rates, and the required monthly payment amounts and start dates. 

The best ways to find all of this information are via your loan statements and a credit report. When I ran my first credit report, I found two additional accounts that I thought were closed that were not, so it's important to do this on an annual basis.

I put all of my loan information on a spreadsheet that I regularly updated, which allowed me to get a clear picture of what I owed and how to attack it.

Read his full story.

Anna Newell Jones went on a spending fast.

How much debt she paid: $23,600

How long it took her: 15 months

One trick she used: A spending fast.

"A spending fast is where you spend money on the basics needed to live. It's created by structuring a wants and needs list, which is personalized by each specific person's priorities in life,"Anna Newell Jones explains.

Jones laid out her needs — rent, utilities, cellphone without internet, necessary groceries, low-cost gym membership, medical costs, inexpensive photography exhibits for her side business, car payments and gas, a bus pass, and boxed hair dye — and eliminated pretty much everything else.

Read her full story.

Kelsey and Kendan Folmar tracked every dollar they spent.

How much debt they paid: $24,000

How long it took them: Less than 3 years

One trick they used: Trying an online spending app to see where their money went. 

When trying to eliminate her husband's student loan debt, one of the first steps Kelsey Folmar took was signing up for spending tracking tool Mint.com.

"By the end of the night, I had all of my accounts set up,"she says. "I was already starting to see where we were screwing up. I asked Kendan: 'How much money do you think we spent on food last month? $500? $600?' It was $1,200!"

"The other day I was on Mint and said to Kendan, 'You pulled $40 out of the ATM?,' then realized it was a year ago," Folmar says. 'That's the kind of banter we have now. That's the only way we've managed to pay this debt off."

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Earlier this year, I spent four months traveling around Mexico. It was every bit as fantastic as it sounds, but one of the best parts was how much I learned about Mexican food.

Not only did I eat my way through Mexico’s bangin’ regional cuisines—Yucatan and Oaxacan, plus the incredible pan-regional smorgasburg that is Mexico City—but I tried quite a few dishes I never knew existed. Now, they rank among my favorites. Maybe they’ll become yours, too.

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Chicharron prensado

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I clearly remember the first time I bit into the fatty, porky deliciousness that is chicharron prensado—crunchy pork skin that’s been “pressed” in a cloth to squeeze out the juices. It was at a gorditas stand near the entrance to the excellent Tlacolula Sunday market, outside of Oaxaca City (a must when you’re in that town). The fatty, flavorful mass of pork tasted to me like Chinese char siu, but maybe that’s only because I’d been deprived of Asian food for months. After that, I ordered chicharron prensado where I could find it, which was pretty much everywhere.

Pambazo

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Turns out there’s more to Mexican sandwiches than just tortas. Meet the pambazo, whose soft bread roll has been soaked in red guajillo pepper salsa until it gets completely soggy, and then griddled into warm crispness on both sides. It’s typically stuffed with sauteed chorizo and potatoes and garnished with shredded lettuce, salsa, crumbled fresh cheese, and cream. This beast will fill you up for quite a few hours, but it’s worth it. You can find pambazos at street stands all over Mexico City and elsewhere—just look for sandwiches on red-tinted bread.

Costras

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When someone described a costra to me, I kept exclaiming, “So it’s like a taco, but the ‘tortilla’ is made of cheese?!” Turns out that’s a pretty accurate description for what must be one of the most genius inventions in recent food history. Like many of the world’s best eats, costras were first served to the late-night crowd, outside of a nightclub in Mexico City. The word means “scab” in Spanish, which sounds gross, but is completely logical when you see these puppies being made: The cook takes shredded white mozzarella-like cheese and spreads it in a mound on the griddle until it melts into a sort of a cheese pancake. Then the hot cheese shell is browned a bit, scraped off in one piece, and wrapped around whatever fillings you’ve asked for. It’s awesome. Everyone is obsessed with the original Mexico City Costras stand, aptly called Las Costras, but you can also find good ones at the various (more convenient) outposts of El Farolito.

More than a third of US adults are obese. But despite its increasing prevalence in America and around the world, obesity — and what actually causes weight gain and loss — is frequently misunderstood.

Frustrated by rampant misinformation, a large group of doctors and scientists teamed up to set the record straight in a recent article in The New England Journal of Medicine.

The misinformation "persists ... despite contradicting evidence," the researchers wrote.

Here are seven of the most common myths they identified.

Myth #1: Weight loss from a particular diet and exercise program is predictable and consistent.

There's a popular idea that cutting or burning 3,500 calories over time will lead to one pound of weight lost, while adding that many calories will lead to a pound gained.

In reality, one study found that people only lost about 20% as much as would be expected if that idea were true: just 10 pounds (not 50) after walking a mile every day for five years.

And over the long-term, it's much more complex. It turns out that results can vary significantly among individuals, and that as the body changes, the balance of food and exercise it needs to drop pounds changes as well. Researchers are now moving toward the idea that every person's diet needs to be carefully personalized.

As for the original idea? That's based on short-term studies, primarily in men, the researchers write — so it's erroneous to apply to everyone.

Myth #2: Without realistic weight loss goals, people will get frustrated and shed fewer pounds.

While the researchers call this"a reasonable hypothesis," it turns out there's no real evidence to back it up.

Some studies have changed participants' goals to be more realistic and found that it had no effect on outcomes. In fact, "more ambitious goals"— rather than more realistic goals — "are sometimes associated with better weight-loss outcomes," the researchers write.

Myth #3: "Slow, gradual weight loss" is better in the long-term than "large, rapid weight-loss."

Actually, people in studies who showed "more rapid and greater initial weight loss" also have "lower body weight at the end of long-term follow-up," the researchers write.

As far back as 2001, researchers suggested that greater weight loss during the beginning of a weight-loss program was tied to longer-term success at keeping the pounds off. A 2010 review of research backed this up, adding that people with rapid weight loss early on were not more likely to gain back the pounds than people who lost weight gradually.

Still, no one should embark on a serious weight-loss program without talking to a doctor about their goals and strategies. A doctor can advise how much weight loss would be too rapid for a particular individual. There can be health consequences if weight loss is too aggressive, and many rapid-weight-loss programs involve questionable strategies that are actually unhealthier and more dangerous than the extra weight itself.

What does the most expensive house in one of America's most expensive cities look like?

According to Curbed SF, 2250 Vallejo, a circa-1901 mansion-turned-contemporary dream home built on one of San Francisco's highest streets, just became the most expensive listing in the city.

Meticulously refurbished on the outside and completely recreated on the inside, the 9,095-square-foot home is a rare mix of modern luxury and historical character. It has seven bedrooms and seven bathrooms spread out over three floors of space.

Neal Ward of Neal Ward Properties has the listing.

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Welcome to 2250 Vallejo Street, the most expensive home for sale in the city of San Francisco.

The building was originally built in 1901 for wealthy fish-packing mogul James Madison (no, not the president). Its outdoor facade was completely restored to its original Beaux-Arts beauty.

The top-to-bottom restoration of the property took two years to complete.

If you've ever listened to StarTalk radio, then you'll know that its host, famed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, has a great sense of humor.

But deGrasse Tyson also has a serious side, which he reveals time and again in his books, shows, Twitter page, and popular science articles.

Often, deGrasse Tyson's humor strikes a serious chord that not only makes us laugh but also think. As a popular science educator, deGrasse Tyson is out to inspire generations of innovators to reach for the stars.

While it's tough to narrow down his best quotes, we've taken a stab here. We've also paired some of them with photos of the most impressive science projects of our age:

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"The good thing about science is that it’s true whether or not you believe in it."

Source:CNN interview in 2011.

"During our brief stay on planet Earth, we owe ourselves and our descendants the opportunity to explore — in part because it's fun to do. But there's a far nobler reason. The day our knowledge of the cosmos ceases to expand, we risk regressing to the childish view that the universe figuratively and literally revolves around us."

Source:"The Cosmic Perspective" published in the Natural History Magazine in April 2007.

"I don't want students who could make the next major breakthrough in renewable energy sources or space travel to have been taught that anything they don't understand, and that nobody yet understands, is divinely constructed and therefore beyond their intellectual capacity. The day that happens, Americans will just sit in awe of what we don't understand, while we watch the rest of the world boldly go where no mortal has gone before."

Source:"The Perimeter of Ignorance" published in the Natural History Magazine in November 2005.