Brie Larson has been working in the industry since she was in diapers, but the star of "Room," just nominated for best actress at this year's Oscars, is just now starting to become a known name among moviegoers.

With her incredible acting talent and cheerful personality, she is on the fast track to the kind of stardom that graced Jennifer Lawrence and friend Shailene Woodley before her.

Get to know more about this rising actress here.

SEE ALSO: 8 TV shows you're not watching that you should be

Brianne Sidonie Desaulniers was born in Sacramento, California, in 1989 and has a younger sister.

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She moved with her mother to Los Angeles during her childhood after her parents separated.

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Brie began acting and changed her last name to "Larson" as her surname was too difficult to pronounce.

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Reddit can be a tough egg to crack. The site's user-submitted content often spirals into inside jokes that only the veteran users may understand. But sometimes the crumb trail is left for newbies to find.

Case in point: /r/wheredidthesodago. 

The sidebar description of "Where did the soda go" states: "This is a subreddit for ads taken out of context in animated images."

Still confused? We can help. Scroll down to learn more about one of the best niche subreddits around.

SEE ALSO: A complete history of internet-connected fridges

It all started with a post to /r/funny three years ago, showing an exaggerated spill in an infomercial. One redditor said "I would subscribe to a subreddit created for taking infomercials out of context."

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Another Redditor replied, captioning this gif: "Where did the soda go?"

Another Redditor obliged, and /r/wheredidthesodago was born. The rules were simple: "Only post unusual GIFs from REAL ADS with no context. The funnier the better!"

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This one was captioned: "Awww sweetie, that's so colorful and creative. Now watch me obliterate your hard work."

The subreddit now has over 370,000 subscribers. And the captions are getting more creative. "Tragically, he forgot the floor was lava:"

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Actual product: Miracle Copper Socks

SEE ALSO: Here's a closer look at why the Rolex Submariner is the ultimate luxury sport watch

ROLEX Explorer I Reference 1016

The Explorer, first introduced in 1953, is as classic a Rolex as is still being made. The 1016 was in production for more than 25 years, which means that many great examples are still in circulation. Its design DNA still lives on in the newest iteration, released a few years ago. It’s understated, laid back, and unlike a brand new Submariner, it’s not an obvious choice, which I always find a bonus. Add a nylon NATO strap in place of the steel bracelet for the finishing touch.

Price: $6,000 to $7,000

ROLEX Datejust Reference 1601 in 18K Gold

I’m certainly no great oracle of fashion (a simple Google search will make that clear) but vintage gold watches are exempt from the criticism of wearing something “cheesy.” Something about the gold mixture 30 years ago was more a subdued brassy color than the bright luster of new 18k watches. And with the price of gold where it is, you’ve got two investments in one. Women have taken to wearing the gold Datejust in recent years, but it’s still very much a man’s watch.

Price: $7,500 to $8,000

ROLEX Submariner Reference 5513

Istanbul's Grand Bazaar is one of the oldest covered markets in the world.

With more than 3,000 shops taking up a total of 61 streets, it's a major tourist hub — it had more than 91 million visitors in 2014 alone, making it the number one tourist attraction in the world.

More than 26,000 people are employed at the bazaar, and many shops are family-owned. 

Getty photographer Chris McGrath recently paid a visit to the market, taking portraits of the shopkeepers in front of the most elaborate storefronts he saw.

They were all packed to the brim with majestic items.

SEE ALSO: 35 beautiful vintage photos show what Istanbul looked like in the 1960s

Hasan Ayazgok sells traditional ceramics.

Hasan Ramo sells traditional sweets and Turkish delights.

You'll find traditional ceramics at Huseyin Erdogan's stall.

It's become a Silicon Valley cliche to talk changing the world by launching a startup. Most startups don't do anything quite that dramatic.

But some of them do.

As we march into 2016, it's a good time to look over the tech landscape to pinpoint the ones on track to change the business world, particularly the area of enterprise computing, the tech that runs our companies.

That's exactly what Dell has done with its third-annual Founders 50 list. This is a list of global startups that are "disrupting their respective industries and poised to be household names in the coming years," as Dell describes them.

We're not sure they're going to become household names like Google or Microsoft. But they sure are developing some interesting and game-changing technologies worth watching this year and beyond. 

SEE ALSO: Netflix, Juniper, and Intuit explain how Amazon is eating the $3.5 trillion IT industry

A3Cube: super fast networks

A3Cube

A3Cube has created a very fast type of combined computer/storage device.

It is designed for demanding "high-performance computing" for big data, analytics and virtualization, while reducing power consumption.

AlienVault: making sense of security data

AlienVault

AlienVault is the creator of a popular security tool known as the Open Source Security Information Management (OSSIM). It helps companies make sense of the huge amounts of data generated by their many security products.

It also mans a forum called the "Open Threat Exchange" where security pros can share information on hacks and threats as they find them.

As an open source tool, OSSIM can be downloaded and used for free, and has been by over 195,000 security pros, the company says. AlienVault provides commercial support for it, adding features and making it easier for enterprise IT teams to use it.

Angelspan: investor relations for startups

Angelspan

You normally think of investor relations as something only public companies do. But startup investors want to keep tabs and stay involved, too. 

AngelSpan provides monthly updates to investors, quarterly reports and announcements, and helps the startup establish best practices for IR communications. 

Recent iPhone 7 rumors help paint a decent picture of what we can expect from Apple's next iPhone.

As of now, it looks like the next iPhone could change the way we listen to music, and we might see a brand new kind of material for its looks and feel. 

Check out the latest we've heard on the internet streets about the "iPhone 7":

It'll probably be called the iPhone 7.

Based on Apple's historical nomenclature for its iPhone generations, it's likely the next iPhone will be called the iPhone 7.

Apple has used consecutive numbers to name its iPhone generation ever since the iPhone 3G. The next generation was called the iPhone 4, then 5, and most recently, 6.

There will be two iPhones with different sized screens.

We'll probably see an iPhone 7 with the same 4.7-inch screen as the iPhone 6s and an iPhone 7 Plus with a 5.5-inch screen like the iPhone 6s Plus.

It's unlikely that Apple would take away one of its two iPhones with different screen sizes.

It won't be made of metal.

So far, Apple has used three main materials for the iPhone, including plastic, glass, and metal.

Now, the iPhone 7 might be dressed in mysterious "new compound materials," according to DigiTimes. No one knows what these materials could be, or what they'll look and feel like, but they'll likely make the iPhone look and feel premium, if not, more premium than the current iPhone 6s' aluminum build.

Buying a home and obtaining a mortgage are no easy tasks. You need to have your finances in good order if you hope to get approved for a loan to buy a home.

If you want to buy a house in 2016, here are several New Year’s resolutions to follow through on that can help make you a better homebuyer.

See: The No. 1 New Year’s Resolution in Every State

SEE ALSO: 9 hidden costs that come with buying a home

Create and stick to a budget.

The new year is a great time to rework your budget to make room for the extra costs that come with homeownership. “Once you move, the budget will certainly change — especially if you are moving from a rental to a home,” said Andrew Gipner, a certified financial planner with Longview Financial Advisors in Huntsville, Ala.

Some of the costs to plan for include home maintenance costs and “the potential increase in variable expenses, such as electricity and water, [and] additional expenses of property tax, insurance, private mortgage insurance … and maybe even homeowners association fees,” said Gipner. After you’ve accounted for extra expenses, you’ll have a clearer picture of how buying a home could affect your day-to-day finances.

Once you have a budget, you should take it for a test drive, suggested Katie Wethman, a certified public accountant and realtor in the Washington, D.C., area. “Stick to your projected budget in advance,” she said. “Start following your new budget as soon as possible, and put any extra savings into a separate account.”

As you follow your new budget, make any necessary adjustments to your spending habits and reconsider your expectations for the kind of home you want to buy. “Then, you’ll be used to living within your means, and you’ll have a nice balance in your savings account to get you started,” Wethman added.

Pad your homebuying fund.

Ideally you’ve already started setting money aside to purchase a home, if that’s a move you plan to make in 2016. However, it never hurts to further add to the funds you’ve stored to cover the costs of the purchase itself, from the down payment to closing costs and loan origination fees. If your homebuying savings are lacking, adding more to this fund is a good goal to set for the new year.

How much you’ll need to have saved depends on where you live. A 20 percent down payment is a standard recommended amount to get a standard mortgage and avoid private mortgage insurance costs.

You can still get a mortgage with much less down — as little as 3.5 percent — if you take advantage of a down payment assistance program, said Joshua Jarvis, a realtor and CEO of Jarvis Team Realty in Georgia. But even these programs have other costs associated with them. “There’s some out-of-pocket expenses, such as inspection, appraisal and potentially others, depending on the state,” Jarvis said.

Save an emergency fund.

In addition to a down payment and homebuying fund, homebuyers should also have a separate emergency fund saved. Having an emergency fund is always a good idea, but it becomes even more important when you’re a homeowner.

“Make sure that an emergency fund is fully funded in the event something goes wrong in the new house,” Gipner said. As you take on the liability of owning a home, you’re opening yourself up to getting hit by more frequent and more expensive emergency costs.

For example, Gipner said one of his friends had to replace their water heater the day they moved into a new home. “With an adequate emergency fund — which should be between three to six months of your fixed and variable expenses — the replacement of things like your water heater can be [planned] for,” Gipner said.

There’s also an added bonus of having a nice emergency fund set aside: It makes you a more attractive borrower to lenders. If you have savings of three or more months’ worth of mortgage payments saved up, this will show that you won’t be broke after closing on a home. A lender might be more willing to approve you or give you better terms if you show you have savings on hand to cover emergencies like a loss of income.

Read: 8 Ways to Bounce Back From a Financial Setback

Tom Brady's rise from the 199th pick in the 2000 draft to all-time great has been well-documented.

At 38, Brady shows no signs of slowing down, aging in a way few other quarterbacks ever have.

Brady couldn't do it without some natural talent, a ridiculous work ethic, and, of course, an insane competitiveness that drives him to be the best.

From trash talk and his impressive commitment to keeping his body right and his extreme self-confidence, here are some of the best examples of Brady's competitiveness:

Tom Brady knew he'd be great. When he was drafted, he reportedly told Patriots owner Robert Kraft, "I'm the best decision this organization has ever made."

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He told his high-school coach after getting drafted that if he ever got the chance to start in the NFL, the Patriots would never go back to Drew Bledsoe.

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And when Brady finally got the starting job, he told his backup it was no sweat. "I'm going to be one of the best at this game," he said.

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Check out these 7 haute hot springs from around the world. You'll want to take a dip in these luxury outdoor spas no matter what season it is. 

SEE ALSO: What to expect when visiting a Turkish bath

The perfect balance of high-rises and hot mineral baths in Andorra, Spain.

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A blissful bath with frosty backdrops in Austria.

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Some rustic R&R in Colorado.

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When Russia launched the world's first satellite in 1957, it revealed a glaring hole in legal policy — how should we regulate outer space? Should Russia get in trouble for violating international law by flying a satellite over US airspace without permission? 

It was clear we'd need a new set of rules to govern airspace as humanity started climbing higher into the sky and eventually into outer space.

That, and the Cold War idea that the United States or Russia would try to colonize space and create a nuclear weapons base there helped inspire the United Nations Outer Space Treaty of 1967. 

The treaty was the founding body of space law and it's inspired several other international conventions and agreements. 

Here are some of the major laws that currently govern space, and what policies we'll need in the future:

One of the most important bodies of space law is the United Nations "Outer Space Treaty." It lays out several rules that dictate how countries must behave in space.

Source: The United Nations Outer Space Treaty.

1. Space is common ground and everyone is allowed to explore it.

"Outer space shall be free for exploration and use by all States," the Outer Space Treaty reads.

2. But anyone exploring space has to do it peacefully.

"The Moon and other celestial bodies shall be used exclusively for peaceful purposes," the treaty reads.

On Wednesday, the news broke that the Pentagon would not mothball the much loved A-10 Thunderbolt, or "Warthog," as it has come to be known.

The debate surrounding the A-10, a Cold War-era close air support air frame, has drawn heated rhetoric from senators and top military brass as well as common foot soldiers.

The Pentagon's decision to keep the A-10 in service through 2017 shows that even in a time when technology is redefining the battle space, proven platforms like the A-10 still have a meaningful role in the military.

Below are some of the reasons why the A-10 inspires hope in US troops, fear in their enemies, and can't be counted out of the fight just yet.

SEE ALSO: Behold the AH-64 Apache attack helicopter and all of its weapons

The A-10 is essentially a flying gun. The air frame is built around a 19-foot-long, 4,000 pound GAU-8 30 mm auto cannon that fires at a blistering rate of 65 rounds per second.

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The A-10's cannon makes a distinctive "BRRRT" sound while being fired faster than the speed of sound. "The aircraft sparked panic in the ranks of ISIS after bombing its elements and flying in spaces close to the ground," Iraqi News reported. Listen to the sound in the video below.

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Villa Paradiso— a 30,858-square-foot mansion on 12 acres in Paradise Valley — has just been listed for $35 million, an Arizona state record. 

Currently owned by 68-year-old hedge funder Robert Sussman, the extravagant estate has all the amenities of an opulent palace. If it sells at the listing price, it would be the most expensive home ever sold in Arizona, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Sussman, who founded Bentley Capital Management in New York City in 1992, designed and built the estate between the years 200o and 2005. But now he's heading to California to spend more time with family, according to the WSJ.

Walt Danley Realty has the listing, with global marketing support from Christie's International Real Estate. Let's see what you'd get for $35 million.

SEE ALSO: Wayne Gretzky's hilltop California mansion just got a $2 million price chop

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Sitting on 12 acres of land in Arizona's Paradise Valley, Villa Paradiso is a privately gated property. It has views of Camelback Mountain, the McDowell Mountains, and Four Peaks.

The entrance to the 30,858-square-foot home includes a hotel-style lobby flanked with swooping staircases and a coffered ceiling.

The house has two "wings," as well as formal living spaces, a home theater, office, gym, indoor basketball court and private skybox, attached guest suite, staff quarters, and two elevators.

If you're looking to buy a home, it's never too soon to start saving.

We looked at the median price of homes in 19 major metro areas from the National Association of Realtors, and calculated how much it would cost you to put a 20% down payment on a median-priced home (the preferred amount of money to pay upfront).

We then determined how much you would have to save each day over the course of five, ten, or 15 years to reach that goal.

It's less than you might think.

Our calculations assume this money will go into a savings account with negligible interest. While investing your savings might make them grow faster, experts generally advise against investing money you'll need in the near future. Bear in mind, also, that accumulating enough for a down payment doesn't necessarily mean you can afford a house— aside from closing and moving costs, you should be prepared to pay a mortgage, taxes, and maintenance on a monthly basis.

Here's how much you need to set aside each day to put a 20% down payment on a house in 19 major cities:

SEE ALSO: Here's the salary you have to earn to buy a home in 15 major US cities

19. Atlanta

Median home price: $158,000

20% down payment: $31,600

How much you'd need to save for a down payment:

5 years: $17.30 / day

10 years: $8.65 / day

15 years: $5.80 / day

18. San Antonio

Median Home Price: $184,000

20% down payment: $36,800

How much you'd need to save for a down payment:

5 years: $20.20 / day

10 years: $10.10 / day

15 years: $6.70 / day 

17. Orlando

Median Home Price: $186,000

20% down payment: $37,200

How much you'd need to save for a down payment:

5 years: $20.40 / day

10 years: $10.20 / day

15 years: $6.80 / day 

Here at Lonny, we strive to satisfy a full spectrum of design tastes, showcasing everything from the ultra-feminine to the tailored and masculine.

This is our handy guide to achieving the latter without veering into sports bar or frat house territory.

SEE ALSO: Here's what every guy needs to stock his bar at home

Keep it practical

We know you love your television. The trick is to display it in a way that doesn't sacrifice style. Try placing it on a sleek console and surrounding it with interesting objects. The TV will be at eye level but accessories and artwork become the focal point.

Man of the world

Center stage

The TV isn't the main attraction in this inviting family room, though it isn't hidden away—this built-in entertainment unit is itself a work of art.

A selection of photos from some of this week's biggest news that you might have missed.

SEE ALSO: 20 jaw-dropping photos of some of the toughest military training regimes in the world

A woman with a Ziggy Stardust tattoo visits a mural of David Bowie in Brixton, south London, January 11, 2016. David Bowie, a music legend who used daringly androgynous displays of sexuality and glittering costumes to frame legendary rock hits "Ziggy Stardust" and "Space Oddity", has died of cancer.

A girl carrying a baby inspects damage in a site hit by what activists said were airstrikes carried out by the Russian air force in the town of Douma, eastern Ghouta in Damascus, Syria January 10, 2016.

Two Afghan young women wait to be registered in the Tabakika registration center on Friday, Jan. 15, 2016. Thousand of refugees and migrants continue to reach Greece's shores despite the winter weather.

The leaders of the biggest companies on the planet are always trying to figure out what to do with their time, and it seems they all have come to one conclusion: work.

Approaching their ambitions with a single-minded intensity, none works less than 70 hours a week, including weekends, even at the expense of aspects of life other people value.

However, being armed with a strong idea, determined to be the best, and supported by a superhuman work ethic pays off: Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, and Elon Musk are among the wealthiest people in the world, and, beyond that, they each helm technologies that have, or have the capacity to, change society in irreversible ways.

Each of the three, to make sense of his own busyness, has developed his own coping mechanisms.

From wearing the same faded grey T-shirt every day to escaping into the woods once a year to parse through volumes of paper, here are some unorthodox efficiency hacks from the three men at the very top. 

SEE ALSO: 'Million Dollar Listing' star explains how waking up at 4:30 a.m. supercharges his productivity

Mark Zuckerberg's quest for simplicity

Much has been written about Zuckerberg's uniform of identical grey t-shirts and hoodies he rotates through his work week — it helps him stay focused and expend as little energy as possible figuring out what to wear every day — but less noted is that this simple way of living extends to almost every aspect of his daily life.

The 31-year-old wunderkind-turned-billionaire CEO of Facebook rolls up to FBHQ not in the Audis favored by his counterparts at other companies, but a fairly modest black Acura.

While he has recently acquired the three properties surrounding his home in Palo Alto, he has famously kept his abode (located just a few blocks away from the offices, where he supposedly works up to 15 hours a day) pretty sparse. By eliminating a lot of the extravagance available to him, his most focused goal is still the work that he does.

In a Q&A at Facebook last year, he was quoted as saying, "I feel like I'm not doing my job if I spend any of my energy on things that are silly or frivolous about my life so that I can dedicate all my energy into building the best products and services."

How Bill Gates keeps his email, life, and reading list in check

In a blog post back in 2006, Bill Gates, then chairman, CEO and chief software architect at Microsoft, shared how he hacks his email with a simple solution — a larger three-monitor display area.

Back then, he was tackling more than 100 emails a day. With all his philanthropic work as co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, social activism and his continuing role as technical advisor to Microsoft, one can only speculate how much that number has grown.

With one monitor displaying incoming emails, one set on whatever email he's working on, and one screen for his regular desktop, he can multi-task without falling off a task. By concentrating on his work, one email on its own monitor at a time, Gates gives each correspondence the time and attention it deserves. This is something all younger entrepreneurs can implement into their lives.

Gates goes on an annual ThinkWeek to a cabin in the woods to completely unplug with reams of documents and books. By sequestering himself from all manner of distraction, he gets a years' work of reading and thinking in a week. He plans strategies, carefully examines the companies and organizations he's partnering with, and goes over his past year. ThinkWeek moves him into a mode of ultimate productivity.

Elon Musk takes multitasking to the extreme

With three executive job titles (as CEO of SpaceX, CEO of Tesla Motors, and chairman of SolarCity), five kids and a wildly ambitious — indeed out-of-this-world — vision for the future of technology, it's hard to see when the 44-year-old Elon Musk gets the six to six-and-a-half hours of sleep he says he averages a night.

Writer Max Chafkin, in a 2007 profile of Musk, noted, "To get through the day, Musk relies on two stimulants: caffeine and a desire to help humanity colonize Mars."

Musk, who divides his week between SpaceX and Tesla Motors, has also perfected the art of multitasking: He sends emails while scanning invoices, holds meetings and takes care of business on his phone at the same time, and even texts with his children on his lap (an admission that gathered no small amount of criticism from the public).

While he officially clocks in no more than 15 hours at the office, he has said that he doesn't ever stop working. With these round-the-clock responsibilities, it seems understandable that the most effective way to save time is by doing everything at once.

Few of us have the desire to clock 15 hour days, or to head multibillion-dollar companies. But, getting more done in less time will give you more time to focus on whatever it is that really matters to you.

Despite their cost and complexity, DSLR cameras—along with their upstart mirrorless cousins—are everywhere.

Walk down the Magnificent Mile in Chicago, through any major intersection in Manhattan, or past a million other tourist hotspots and you'll probably see dozens of DSLR photographers snapping away.

It's easy to understand why people buy DSLRs. Pros use them. They're bigger and more expensive than point-and-shoots. So they must be better, right?

The real answer is that it depends.

The point of a good DSLR is to give you control over your image. Quality is a factor, but if it were the only factor you'd see your wedding shooter wielding an iPhone.

Here are the three main ways to unlock the power of your DSLR. If you're not at least dabbling with them, you might as well put your camera on eBay.

The first thing you should do is build up a collection of lenses you love.

One huge mistake people making when buying interchangeable-lens cameras is dumping all their budgets on the camera itself and skimping on the glass. Many people never move past their "kit lens"— the junky plastic things DSLR makers often bundle with their starter  and intermediate cameras.

Let's say you have $1,000 to spend on a new camera. Only about half of that should go toward its body. The rest should go to one or two great lenses. Here's why:

Look at this image of Tech Insider video intern Zach Wasser.

Now, look at this one.

Maybe you can tell which one was shot on my $200 Moto G3 cell phone and which one was shot on a $2,000 Nikon D800 with a kit-quality lens. Maybe you can't. But it's hard to say there's an $1,800 difference between them.

The first image, shot on the G3, is a bit too warm. But that's an easy enough fix in any editing app. Both pictures, shot on automatic modes, have focus issues.

The D800 does have slightly more depth-of-field even with the kit lens — that's the effect that makes objects in the foreground and background look slightly out of focus. But I don't think that adds all that much to this frame.

Kit lenses are a bit like those pens that promise to write in five different colors —they promise a lot to first-time buyers, but they don't do any one thing well.

Get ready! Nearly 30 superhero movies have been announced to hit theaters over the next few years.

We'll see Marvel complete "Phase 3" of its cinematic universe while DC will start playing catch-up by building its own multiverse on the groundwork laid by 2013's "Man of Steel."

The list of announced films includes the latest entries in Thor, Captain America, and X-Men as well as new heroes. If you're not feeling superhero fatigue yet, you may soon.

Keep reading to see every superhero movie that's been announced to hit theaters through 2020.

"Deadpool" is the first of seven superhero movies out this year.

Ryan Reynolds will star as Wade Wilson, a mercenary with accelerated healing powers and a wicked sense of humor.

Also starring Morena Baccarin, the R-rated film will be out February 12.

Dog people have had their day in the sun with the celebrations of the brave service of military working dogs across the web, including this site. But what about cat people? Where are the stories for them?

No need to take your frustrations out on the scratching post. Here are the tales of 7 felines who have proved their mettle under fire:

SEE ALSO: Why the dogs of the Navy SEALs are a force to be reckoned with

1. “Acoustic Kitty”

Acoustic Kitty is not the name of the cat itself, but the name of a $20 million CIA project intended to spy on the Kremlin and Soviet Embassies. A microphone was implanted into the ear canal of a cat, with a small radio transmitter implanted at the base of its skull. The first cat was thought to have been immediately hit by a taxi.

CIA researchers concluded there were too many issues involved in training the cats and the project was discontinued.

2. Mourka, Stalingrad War Cat

Not just present at the most pivotal battle of World War II’s Eastern Front, Mourka was an active participant. Nicknamed the Battlecat of Stalingrad, Mourka belonged to the Soviet 124th Rifle Brigade. He delivered messages about German positions form Soviet scouts and carried propaganda leaflets to German troops.

3. Félicette the Space Cat

People move for many different reasons. For instance, some get new jobs, others retire, and some just want to be closer to their families.

While many people in the US move within the same state — the Census Bureau estimated in 2011 that 40% of moves are within 50 miles — there are patterns for those who did make interstate moves, according to Atlas Van Lines, a national moving company.

Atlas looked at 77,705 interstate moves and found that 18 states had more people moving out than in, whereas 12 had the reverse happen. We rounded up the 18 that had outflows for 2015. Most are in the upper-Midwest, which Atlas said has been on an outbound trend for a while.

"The Midwestern states experienced a major shift to outbound moves, with Wisconsin, Iowa and South Dakota going from balanced to outbound in 2015," said the report. "Similar to 2013 and 2014, North Dakota was the only state in the region to register as inbound."

See the states that topped the list, in order from lowest to higher percentage outbound migration:

18. Louisiana

Total people moving in: 891

Total people moving out: 1121

Net Flow: -230

Percent of Moves Outbound: 55.7%

17. West Virginia

Total people moving in: 222

Total people moving out: 280

Net Flow: -58

Percent of Moves Outbound: 55.8%

16. Nebraska

Total people moving in: 418

Total people moving out: 528

Net Flow: -110

Percent of Moves Outbound: 55.8%