Gen Z — which consists of those born between 1996 and 2010, according to The New York Times— is a curious generation that retailers are scrambling to figure out.

One way might be to look at who they like and which models and celebrities they find inspiring.

According to research firm Wildness, one of Generation Z's favorite curvy models is 18-year-old Wilhelmina Curve model Jordyn Woods.

Find out more about the model who is taking Instagram and the industry by storm.

SEE ALSO: Teen Generation Z is being called 'millennials on steroids,' and that could be terrifying for retailers

She had to start out somewhere — here's a #TBT she posted.

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Woods has a huge following — over 775,000 followers on Instagram.

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Woods is famously a part of Kylie Jenner's "squad." The two hang out all the time; they're best friends.

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Last fall, Anthony Bourdain — everyone's favorite adventurous eater, travel TV personality, and tough-guy restaurateur — announced he's opening a massive food market on Pier 57, on the Hudson River in Manhattan. 

Expected to house 100 food stalls, the project will take up 155,000 square feet and is expected to open in 2017.

Knowing Bourdain's edgy taste, you can guarantee this will not be your average food hall. Instead of Chick-fil-A, think octopus ceviche and gourmet dim sum.

There will be one full-service restaurant, a selection of wholesale vendors (butchers, fishmongers, and the like), and then the main event: a Singapore-style "hawker market" of global street foods, turning the space into a buzzy day-to-night scene for eating and drinking exotic dishes. 

"The way people eat has changed," Bourdain told the New York Times in September. "They want to be at counters and communal tables. They want heat and funk and chicken wings that set their hair on fire... That's what I want to create for New York, some place where I would want to eat. Right now, there is nothing like that."

Bourdain recently released a "wish list"via The List App of some of the dishes that he would want on the market's menu.

Check out his top picks — looks like a primarily Asian selection so far — and try not to get too hungry too soon.

SEE ALSO: The best ramen shops in America

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Hainanese Chicken Rice from Tian Tian Hainanese Chicken Rice, Singapore

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When East Carolina University dismissed for the semester on April 28, 2015, 500 students left campus $100,000richer.

What did these undergrads have in common?

All 500 had completed a personal finance class helmed by Mark Weitzel, Bill Pratt and Len Rhodes — a.k.a. "The Money Professors."

For the past five years, the trio has challenged their students to collectively squirrel away $100K over the course of a single semester — and most years, students surpass the challenge.

Weitzel first noticed the need for the course back in 1999, when he began teaching Business at ECU and spotted students signing up for credit cards in exchange for pizza slices.

That slippery slope barter inspired him to launch an elective class aimed at helping undergrads grasp the realities of Money 101.

Fifteen years later the personal finance course — now taught by Weitzel, Pratt and Rhodes — is one of the school's most popular offerings.

Impressed by their success in preparing students for the future, we decided to call up The Money Professors for a tutorial — and have them share the top five financial lessons every new grad needs to nail.

SEE ALSO: 19 things keeping you from getting rich, according to a journalist who spent his career studying millionaires

1. Money isn't one-size-fits-all.

"Our motto is that personal finance is personal," Rhodes says.

In other words, there are no hard and fast rules that work for everybody.

"Instead, you have to learn basic financial principles — such as spending less than you earn — to make the right choices for your own situation, regardless of what others are doing," he explains.

2. Time is your biggest (money) ally.

O.K., there is one absolute that's right for everyone: Start saving — now! In fact, the Money Professors advise all of their pupils to start putting money into a retirement plan on day one of their post-grad career life.

"Most twentysomethings say they can't afford to do so right now," Weitzel says. "But by starting from the first day of their first job, they'll end up having to save a lot less in order to retire comfortably."

3. Ditch the Joneses. 

At the start of each semester, the professors ask the class if they think most people are financially successful — and the students overwhelmingly say no.

"If most people aren't financially successful, then it makes sense to stop doing what most people do," Pratt explains. "Just because everyone else is getting a new car every five years doesn't mean you should."

RELATED: Financially Fit Cities Across America: The Right Way to Keep Up With the Joneses

4. Talk money with loved ones. 

The trio actually spends a significant portion of their course discussing relationships. The reason? "You can't divorce your life from your money," Rhodes says. "Your finances bleed over into your spiritual, social and relational life."

As a result, students learn to openly discuss financial goals with siblings, parents and partners. One undergrad even told the Money Professors that when her boyfriend proposed, her answer was yes — with one caveat. He had to take their class first!

5. Expect to make mistakes — but don't make the mistake of not having a plan.

Most people spend their twenties messing up their money, their thirties trying to figure out what they did wrong, their forties trying to dig out of the hole, and their fifties trying to catch up for retirement, Weitzel says.

"But if you focus on money now, you avoid having to focus on money later," Rhodes says, adding that's why he recommends grads arm themselves early on with a personalized financial plan to guide them through the decades.

"You might still mess up in your twenties," Rhodes explains. "But you'll have the information you need to change course quickly — so you can spend your thirties building wealth instead."

RELATED: 9 Money Habits That Can Help You Build Wealth

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Flying cars are not just the stuff of "Back to the Future" anymore — a company called Terrafugia says it has the technology to complete one by 2025.

Although the tech may be ready to give us a flying car in less than 10 years, seeing one will depend on the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) rules on flying unmanned aerial vehicles — which have yet to be released.

Here's a closer look at how the flying car works and what Terrafugia has to say about its vision becoming a reality:

Terrafugia was founded in 2006 by students from MIT's Aeronautics and Astronautics' department to realize the dream of creating a flying car.

Above you see Terrafugia's Transition, its first flying car that was completed in 2014. 

The Transition can easily transform from regular car to its flying form.

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It can reach 100 miles per hour in the air and has a 400-mile range.

There are many organizations that help pediatric cancer patients in various ways, but there is nothing quite like Anything Can Be — a photography studio, started by Jonathan Diaz, that creates images depicting the patient in a scenario where their wildest dreams have come true. 

"I wanted to tell stories that mattered [and] that could inspire, and help other people," Diaz told Business Insider. "I am fascinated with children's imaginations — they tend to believe that anything is possible, they are so optimistic.  I wanted to help these kids believe in their dreams."

Anything Can Be helps these children see themselves as courageous and strong, rather than stuck in a hospital bed. Diaz hopes that if these children can visualize themselves in their dreams, it will help them, in some small way, to fight their battle with cancer. 

Whether it's becoming a princess, dunking a basketball in front of hundreds of fans, or fighting crime as Batkid, Diaz has helped make some of their wildest dreams come to life. 

SEE ALSO: This photographer captured the same couples over a 30-year period — and the changes are remarkable

Diaz first started this project with his own children, building scenes out of their imaginations. He soon realized that he wanted to tell stories that could inspire and help other people.

Once he came to that realization, he got in contact with children battling cancer with the intent of making their lifelong dreams come to life through photography.

Diaz wants to show hope and optimism to both his subjects and his viewers.

This year, LEGO will release 25 new "Star Wars" sets. I checked out a large collection of them recently at New York Toy Fair. 

Not only will the new sets reimagine scenes from "Star Wars: The Force Awakens"; however, a few of the sets will also bring a few iconic scenes from the original "Star Wars" trilogy to life. 

One of the coolest — and most expensive — sets that will be released May 1 will be a giant recreation of the snowy Hoth Hoth Echo Base from "Star Wars: Episode V — The Empire Strikes Back."

LEGO shared a bunch of images from the upcoming "Assault on Hoth" set with Tech Insider. Keep reading to see what comes inside the LEGO set.

The "Assault on Hoth" LEGO set will be available May 1.

It retails for $250 and comes with 2,144 LEGO pieces.

Here's how everything in the full set looks out of the box.

At the end of last year, the United Nations adopted the "Paris Agreement" to curb global greenhouse gas emissions, urging each nation to do its part to curb climate change.

Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle of the Transportation Research Institute at the University of Michigan recently published a paper detailing ways in which every single American can contribute to cutting back on emissions.

Unsurprisingly, many of those ways involved the ways in which we get around.

According to the EPA, transportation accounts for 27% of all American emissions, which is why it has the largest potential when it comes to cutting.

Here are some of the best ways to start.

Reducing the amount and way you fly.

Flying is a notoriously dirty activity, which is why trying to find alternative methods of transport whenever possible can save a lot of gas.

The latest generation of fuel-efficient jet engines — which can cut fuel consumption by 15-30% — are not yet in widespread use, and because passengers can't always choose to fly on newer, cleaner planes, they don't really have many "greener" options.

But for now, flying on budget airlines that squeeze more seats into each aircraft and trying to fly non-stop whenever possible are some of the best ways flyers can limit emissions. Also, selecting airlines known to operate more cleanly can help. In 2010, the three cleanest airlines were found to be Alaskan, Spirit, and Hawaiian.

Driving less.

Americans already walk significantly less than other countries, one study found.

Along with some serious health advantages, leaving the car in the garage can make a big impact: cutting the amount we drive by 10% would eliminate 1.6% of national emissions.

So hit the sidewalk. Or try two wheels instead of four.

Keeping a car longer.

Hanging onto a car for just a few more years can also have a significant effect on emissions.

The average lifespan of an American light-duty vehicle is 11.5 years. The energy required to produce a car has been calculated to be the equivalent of 863 gallons of gasoline, or about 14% of the gasoline the average vehicle consumes over its lifetime.

Keeping a car for longer saves a significant amount of oil, as is the case with cell phones and most other consumer products, Sivak and Schoettle found.

An EPA study found that 29% of American emissions comes from industry — and the immense operations required to make cars are a large contributor to that number.

McLaren Automotive is an apostle to the great goddesses of speed and performance — and is bringing some serious hardware to the 2016 Geneva Motor Show.

To accompany their now full line of supercars, including the 540c, 570s, and 650s, and 650s GT3 race car, McLaren Special Operations — their in-house customization shop — will show off bespoke versions of the hyper-exclusive P1 and 675LT.

This 675LT Spider is one of 500 produced. All have been sold.

The color is "Ceramic Grey" ...

... and much of the car is wrapped in carbon fiber.

In May 2012, Erin and Josh Bender — and their two children, Mia, now 6, and Caius, 5 — packed up their lives in Perth, Australia and hit the road.

Today, nearly four years later, they are still traveling nonstop around the world. They document their journey (and how they can afford it) on their blog, "Travel With Bender."

After traveling to over 60 countries as a family, booking about 40 flights along the way, and staying in hundreds of hotels, resorts, apartments, and homes, they've learned the ins and outs of traveling on the cheap. In fact, "The first year of travel, we ended up saving $40,000," they tell Business Insider. They reduced their bills through a combination of staying in more affordable countries, not having to cover expenses such as utilities, gas, internet, and car insurance like they would at home, and mindful spending.

Here, we've rounded up some of their timeless tips for finding the perfect — and affordable — accommodation wherever you go, along with pictures of some of the places they've stayed around the world:

SEE ALSO: 7 secrets of booking a cheap flight, from a family that has been traveling the world for over 3 years

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1. Do your research.

Putting in the time to look up various accommodation options and cost compare can pay off in the long run. The Benders have a few favorite resources, depending on what type of housing you're looking for:

For hotels, start with Expedia. "They offer cheap rooms and provide loyalty points which can be later redeemed for discounts,"Erin writes. "This is one of my favorite mobile apps for hotel bookings, as the checkout process is very snappy, fuss-free, and well-suited for repeat use."

They also recommend HotelTravel, AsiaRooms (Asia only), Agoda (Asia only), Hotels.com, and Booking.com.

For apartments, try Flipkey. It's similar to Airbnb, offering a variety of houses or apartments to rent from homeowners all over the world. Unlike Airbnb, Flipkey does not take a percentage of the rent from the owner and renter. "The rates for each property are very transparent in being able to see particular seasons and how much the nightly, weekly, and monthly prices vary,"writes Erin. "It's little things like this which can help you save some decent dollars if you're able to time your travel to take advantage of low season savings."

They also recommend Sykes Cottages (UK and Ireland only), GoWithOh (Europe only), Airbnb, and Holiday Lettings.

For anything last minute, try Wotif and Lastminute.com, Erin recommends. They both specialize in last minute accommodations, taking advantage of the fact that hotels would rather have a room filled and paid at a lower price, than empty.

Pictured above: The Berjaya Resort Langkawi in Malaysia.

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2. Search different country-specific versions of the same website.

Did you know Expedia has multiple global sites? It's worth your time to do a quick cost comparison between expedia.com and expedia.co.uk, for instance.

"Many times we have found expedia.com to be much cheaper than expedia.com.au, even when you take the currency exchange rate difference into consideration,"Erin writes.

Pictured above: The Benders' hut on the rice paddy at Gemalai during their stay in Langkawi, Malaysia.

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3. Pay attention to the little fees.

You don't want to any surprise costs eating away at your travel budget. Erin shares a few common ones to look out for:

Utilities (electricity, gas, water). "In some countries it is normal for certain utilities to be added on top of a vacation rental rate,"Erin explains. "For example, in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico the electricity usage was added at the end of the stay due to the high cost of running the air conditioner."

Hotel parking."If you've got a car, check if the hotel includes free parking,"advises Erin. "In Europe, we found hotels could charge upwards of $20 per night just for parking fees, whereas others provided the service completely free." If there isn't parking at all, check out options near your hotel and how much they would cost.

Minimum night stay. "For holiday apartments and Airbnb-style websites, look out for the minimum night stay required for a booking,"writes Erin. "Many will also hold a security deposit (in case of damage), so ensure you have those funds available in advance. A separate cleaning fee can be added by the owner, so look out for that."

Pictured above: The Sheraton in Bali.

African King Musa Keita I is thought to be the richest person of all time — "richer than anyone could describe,"reports Time.

Literally. His fortune was incomprehensible, Time's Jacob Davidson writes: "There's really no way to put an accurate number on his wealth."

He ruled the Mali Empire in the 14th century and his land was laden with lucrative natural resources, most notably gold.

"His vast wealth was only one piece of his rich legacy," reports Jessica Smith in a TED-Ed original lesson. Read on to learn more about the legendary king and see what it was really like to be the richest person in history:

SEE ALSO: How old 17 self-made billionaires were when they made their first million

Musa Keita I came into power in 1312. When he was crowned, he was given the name Mansa, meaning king. At the time, much of Europe was famished and in the middle of civil wars, but many African kingdoms were thriving.

While in power, Mansa Musa expanded the borders of his empire tremendously. He annexed the city of Timbuktu and reestablished power over Gao. All in all, his empire stretched about 2,000 miles.

Mansa Musa was in charge of a lot of land. To put it into perspective, he ruled all (or parts) of modern day Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, and Chad.

The rest of the world caught wind of his great fortune in 1324, when he made the nearly 4,000 mile pilgrimage to Mecca. He didn't do it on the cheap.

Earlier this month, YouTube released the first original shows and movies on its Netflix competitor, YouTube Red.

YouTube Red's pitch is that provides "premium," (relatively) big-budget content from your favorite YouTube stars. For that, you pay $9.99 per month, though you also get access to perks like ad-free YouTube.

YouTube Red technically delivers on this promise, it's just boring and irrelevant for anyone over the age of 13.

If you are the type of person who enjoys the high-quality dramas and comedies coming out of Netflix, HBO, Showtime, Amazon, and so on, you will not like YouTube Red. The only way I could imagine an adult truly falling for YouTube Red is as part of a strategy to bond with his or her kids over goofy videos. For the record, I think that's a completely valid reason to pay $9.99 a month.

But let's get into the content.

Here are the good things: the videos focus on YouTube creators (including PewDiePie), all of whom are undeniably talented at things like dancing, comedy, or even just being inspirational. The stars are good-natured and fundamentally kind, the type of people that might really help a kid battling with low self-esteem. And they certainly aren't vapid. 

If you are an adult, however, these videos are a chore to watch. They are straight-to-DVD camp, where lines like, "Dance is about being on time, so that’s what I expect from you,” are par for the course.

Nevertheless, I persevered and slogged through all the available premium videos to bring you a first look at each of the YouTube Red originals.

Here they are:

SEE ALSO: Here are the original shows Google hopes will make people pay for YouTube

"Dance Camp"

"Dance Camp" is the age-old tale of boy who is "too cool for school" finding his passion. And his passion is, surprise, dance.

The movie is filled with very on-the-nose jokes and big slapstick. At the start, a random character falls over the chair inexplicably. "I'm okay, I'm okay." That's the whole joke.

At minute 17, the main character really dances for the first time, and it's admittedly very impressive. And if a mix between "Step Up 2: The Streets,""American Pie Presents Band Camp," and The Disney Channel sounds good to you, you might just love this movie.

Let's look at one scene:

Two people are dancing. Then someone says something like "trust me." Then they kiss. "That was ... awesome." They giggle. Shawn Mendes' "Stitches" plays.

If you don't know that song, you're definitely too old for this.

"A Trip to Unicorn Island"

This docu-movie opens with screaming fans of YouTuber Lilly Singh — aka Superwoman — and if you are one of them, you'll like it. Singh is a multi-talented vlogger trying to spread joy in the world, and the movie chronicles her world tour.

The issue is that much of the movie is people being interviewed about how insanely amazingly creatively artistically brilliant she is. We get it.

One of her goals is a great one: helping people out of depression. But the actual content of this movie is a pretty vanilla. It's like a behind-the-scenes band video with only a few minutes of real emotion.

"When my grandma died I watched her videos," one fan says, and that truly is powerful. But unless you already have a wealth of emotional connection to Singh to draw upon, you'll have trouble getting into the swing of this one.

"Lazer Team"

"Lazer Team" is a movie about a pack of everymen saving the world from evil aliens. It's about the redemption of the semi-loser, but as a parody, it's simply not that funny.

If you think fireworks continually interrupting someone's speech and the word "froyo" are inherently funny on their own, this humor might be to your liking.

But this was the worst of the bunch, especially the special effects, which looked like a mediocre video game. 

The world's fastest manned planes are nothing short of engineering marvels.

Capable of flitting through the air at multiple times the speed of sound, these planes take the pilot to the fringe of science fiction.

Although a number of these aircraft have since been retired, they continue to be the fastest manned aircraft in history.

The designs and advances achieved with these planes have also left an immense impact upon the development of the planes that succeeded them.

Here's a look at the world's nine fastest manned aircraft ever flown.

SEE ALSO: These are the 11 most game-changing aircraft of the 21st century

F-4 Phantom II

Maximum speed: 1,472 mph
Maximum range: 1,615 miles
First flight: May 27, 1958

The supersonic F-4 Phantom II jet was originally developed just for the US Navy and officially entered into service in 1960. In the mid-1960s, the interceptor was adopted by the US Marine Corps and the US Air Force.

The F-4 carries more than 18,000 pounds of weapons, including air-to-air missiles, air-to-ground missiles, and various bombs. The primary fighter jet during the Vietnam War, the Phantom II was gradually replaced by the F-15 and the F-18 Hornet.

Convair F-106 Delta Dart

Maximum speed: 1,525 mph
Maximum range: 1,800 miles
First flight: December 25, 1956

First introduced into service in 1959, the Convair F-106 was designed to intercept and destroy Soviet bombers during the Cold War. The Delta Dart carried sophisticated radar, infrared missiles, and a nuclear-tipped rocket, according to the Aerospace Museum of California.

The F-106 still holds the world record as the fastest single-engine fighter at 1,525 mph. The F-106 is considered one of the most challenging fighter jets to operate because of its heavy cockpit workload.

Mikoyan MiG-31 Foxhound

Maximum speed: 1,860 mph
Maximum range: 2,050 miles
First flight: September 16, 1975

First introduced into service on May 6, 1981, the Soviet MiG-31 remains one of the fastest combat jets ever designed. Built as an interceptor aircraft, the Foxhound continues to serve in the Russian and Kazakh air forces.

Despite its age, Russia plans to keep the aircraft in service until 2030.

Dogs have been our furry companions for thousands of years, but they didn't always look the way they do today.

Many well-known dog breeds have changed a lot physically in the last century, thanks to humans.

By identifying specific traits — such as size, coat color, and demeanor — and allowing only those animals to mate, we've created at least 167 different "breeds," or groups of dogs with unique physical and mental characteristics (still, they're all part of the same species).

The "Science of Dogs" blog put together a side-by-side comparison of several popular dog breeds from the 1915 book "Dogs of All Nations" by Walter Esplin Mason showing what they look like today.

Here are some of the dogs from that list, plus a couple more we found ourselves:

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Bull terrier then

The bull terrier was first recognized as a breed by the American Kennel Club (AKC) in 1885. In 1915, it appears to have been a fit, good-looking dog, with a well-proportioned head and slim torso. "Dogs of all nations" called it "the embodiment of agility, grace, elegance and determination," and the "gladiator of the canine race."

Bull terrier now

But today, bull terriers are bred to have a football-shaped head and thick, squat body — a far cry from the lean and handsome dog of 1915.

The AKC now states that the dog's face "should be oval in outline and be filled completely up giving the impression of fullness with a surface devoid of hollows or indentations, i.e., egg shaped." According to Science of Dogs, it also developed extra teeth and a habit of chasing its tail.

English bulldog then

Few dogs have been as artificially shaped by breeding as the English bulldog. In Great Britain, the dogs were used for bull-baiting— a blood sport where dogs were used to bait and attack bulls — until it became illegal in 1835. In 1915, the bulldog already had some of the characteristic features we see today, like saggy jowls and a squat stance. 

Facebook, named the best place to work in America, is a magnet for top talent.

The social network now has 13,000 employees across more than 64 offices around the world, and its recruiting efforts are critical to scaling both its size and ambition.

Miranda Kalinowski, Facebook's global head of recruiting, told Business Insider that its recruiting process aims to get a glimpse of who the candidate is as a person and whether they genuinely believe in the company's mission "to give people the power to share and make the world more open and connected." 

"We want to make sure that we approach recruiting in the same way that we approach the design of the product and the services that we deliver to the world," Kalinowski said. "And that's with the focus on connection. We want to connect to our candidates in the recruiting or interviewing process pretty deeply."

While the talent search and interview process differs slightly among teams and subsidiaries like Instagram and Oculus VR, we've broken down the main ways Facebook finds exceptional talent.

SEE ALSO: The 5 values Facebook looks for in every employee

Facebook looks for builders

"We hire builders," Kalinowski said. "Regardless of whether we're hiring an engineer or a finance analyst, they're going to be the people who like to build things."

The employees who thrive at Facebook are never satisfied with the status quo and are always trying to improve, she said. Managers look for job candidates who have this creative drive and want to make an impact.

Facebook considers itself a "strengths-based organization," which aims to identify and foster employees' talents rather than try to round out their weaknesses. Thus, the interview is used to determine a candidate's strengths and whether they're the right fit for the job.

Facebook has around 1.6 billion users, and it's looking for employees who share CEO Mark Zuckerberg's belief that it's only the beginning.

"Anyone who listens to Mark will hear him say that we've still got 5 billion people to connect," Kalinowski said. "No one should be resting on their laurels. That sense of urgency and the energy around it are infectious."

Facebook spends plenty of time seeking out talent on campuses and at events, but internal referrals are especially prioritized. "No one knows better what it takes to thrive here than our employees themselves," she said.

Facebook looks for diverse backgrounds

Facebook managers are focusing on increasing diversity in order to better serve its highly diverse consumer base and solve complex problems, Kalinowski said. It's not just looking for diversity of race and gender, but also of background. 

Kalinowski said Facebook will never compromise on hiring the best people, but it doesn't want to only hire graduates of the top 10 universities in the US. It's why she's proud that Facebook pulled young talent from about 300 schools this year.

Additionally, Facebook University is a three-year-old special internship that is open to all rising sophomores, but is focused on attracting candidates of demographics that are underrepresented at the company. Facebook's staff is about 70% male and primarily white and Asian. Maxine Williams, the global head of diversity, said this program will be a "huge investment" for Facebook this year.

In another attempt to move the dial on diversity, several teams are now considering at least one underrepresented candidate for every job opening. It's the company's version of the "Rooney Rule," which the National Football League has used for its coaching staff since 2003.

Facebook looks for talent and cultural fit

Potential recruits typically go through four or five interviews intended to gauge the candidate's talent and cultural fit. Kalinowski said all Facebook employees are given intensive interview training to learn how to test this.

The first round is a phone interview with the recruiter, who assesses the candidate's professional experience and passion for the company. If that goes well, the candidate will then have a "technical" phone interview with someone who already has the job the candidate is applying for.

The third interview takes place on site and includes an office tour, which features a demo of the Oculus virtual reality headset to take some of the pressure off the candidate and help them open up.

The remaining interviews are subject to the role and department. For example, an engineer may go through a coding interview, where an employee sees how quickly and accurately a candidate can write code on a whiteboard in response to a given situation.

All candidates are subject to hypothetical questions to test how they would respond on the job, as well as logic questions to test how they think — all of which ultimately test whether the person is right for Facebook. 

Dating to 5th century BC in ancient Greece, a handshake symbolizes a done deal, a fond greeting, or deep respect between humans.

Business Insider has combed through more than 2,500 years of history to bring you the five best handshakes of all time.

SEE ALSO: Hitler's secret Nazi war machines of World War II

5. The "you got the job" handshake

Few acts can validate a person's best hopes and dreams like the firm handshake an employer offers when hiring an applicant.

Simply put, this is a very personal, and truly great handshake that everyone in a modern economy should have at least once in their life. 

4. US President William McKinley's signature handshake

During William McKinley's tenure as president he developed a specific handshake known as "McKinley Grip."

He would warmly greet each recipient and offer his right hand, give a firm pump, and then quickly yank his hand away before the other party could reciprocate.

All the while, his left hand would clasp the person's elbow, and give them a friendly but vigorous shake.

The McKinley grip was ideal for greeting the thousands of Americans he would meet face to face during his tragically short tenure as president.

As fate would have it, on September 6, 1901, a man approached McKinley for a routine handshake, McKinley noticed the man's right hand was bandaged and quickly offered his left hand to compensate.

At that time the man drew a pistol and shot the president. Within a few days McKinley died of the gunshot wound sustained while offering up his signature handshake.

3. Anwar Sadat, Menachem Begin, and Jimmy Carter engage in a three way handshake to mark the end of the signing of the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty.

Few handshakes in recorded history better display the gesture's ability to express respect and agreement than this rare three way shake between world leaders.

This handshake came after 12 days of intense negotiation that would later become known as the Camp David Accords.

The rift between Israel and the Arab world continues to cause violence and turmoil today, but this handshake marks a high point for diplomacy and peace in the middle east.

Leonardo DiCaprio is one of the most recognized actors of his generation — if not the most — though he's never won an Oscar.

The 41-year-old started acting in commercials when he was 14 and soon made his mark on TV shows.

The actor landed his first Oscar nomination when he was 19 and shot to superstardom, causing "Leo Mania" with his portrayal of Jack Dawson in "Titanic."

Since then, he's earned a total of six nominations, but has still come up short. His snubs have become a running joke among fans. Some have created"Sad Leo" memes, and one fan even created a computer game devoted to the subject.

But with his portrayal of Hugh Glass in "The Revenant," it looks like this might be the year DiCaprio snags the elusive — and well-deserved— Oscar. He's currently heavily favored to win.

With the Oscars taking place February 28, here's a look back at his memorable career:

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Leonardo DiCaprio began his career acting in television ads, particularly after landing one for Matchbox cars when he was 14.

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His first role was in the direct-to-video film "Critters 3," and he soon landed TV roles in the short-lived series "Parenthood," based on the movie of the same name, and other series, including "The New Lassie,""Santa Barbara," and "Roseanne."

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He gained attention for his recurring role as a homeless kid in "Growing Pains" during the sitcom's seventh and final season.

With nearly 700 stunning islands and a host of incredible beachside properties, the Bahamas is paradise waiting to be explored.

It also happens to be the number-one Caribbean destination wealthy travelers love the most. 

A recent report by Resonance Consultancy surveyed 1,664 travelers with a household income of at least $200,000 to find out their favorite travel spots. Of the several Caribbean destinations that made the list, the Bahamas came out on top. 

We’ve put together a collection of 17 photographs that show some why it’s become a beloved place for the rich and famous.

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Over 2,000 cays and 700 islands make up the Bahamas, where travelers will find some of the best beaches in the world.

In addition to its pristine white sand beaches, the Bahamas also hosts some of the world’s most stunning pink sand beaches, like on Harbour Island. Made from bits of coral, the pink color provides an ideal backdrop for the celebrities and models who are often spotted here.

Beneath its glistening waters, the Bahamas provides swimmers with incredible diving opportunities, whether it's exploring one of the world’s largest reefs in Adros Island, or swimming with sharks through tour companies like Stuart Cove's Dive Bahamas.

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Each year, Google receives more than two million job applications from around the world and hires several thousand of those candidates.

It takes an average of six weeks to secure a hire, and every candidate needs to be screened by their potential boss, potential colleagues, and a hiring committee. 

"If you wondered if this takes a lot of Googler time, it does," Google's SVP of People Operations Laszlo Bock writes in his book, "Work Rules!". But he says that time has been cut down significantly by making the hiring process more efficient.

In the early days of the company, hiring would take four to 10 hours of a manager's time each week, with top executives spending a full day on it. By 2013, the company had grown to 40,000 employees but had slashed that time to one and a half hours a week. (Today, the company has more than 60,000 employees.)

Bock explains that years of research and experimentation helped Google get hiring exceptional people down to a near science. "There are four simple principles that can help even the smallest team do much, much better at hiring," he writes.

We've explained them below.

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1. Set an uncompromisable high standard.

You will be able to quickly determine if someone is worth even an initial interview by setting the bar high and not budging it.

"Before you start recruiting, decide what attributes you want and define as a group what great looks like," Bock writes. "A good rule of thumb is to hire only people who are better than you."

This applies to all positions, he explains. If you're hiring an administrative assistant, don't simply look for someone who can answer a phone and schedule your meetings; find someone who will make your job easier by organizing your time and priorities better than you ever could.

And if an employee search is taking longer than you would like, be patient and concentrate more of your effort on the task.

"Do not compromise," Bock writes. "Ever." 

2. Find candidates on your own.

Google works with some recruitment firms, but only in specific situations in which outside expertise is a requirement, such as building a new team in another country.

The company has used third-party job boards like Monster in the past, but pulled back from them after its reputation grew sufficiently, mostly because it found that too many of those sites' users send out generic mass job applications.

Today, Google relies on its own careers portal and the referrals it solicits from Googlers. And when your company begins growing, Bock says, "ask your best-networked people to spend even more time sourcing great hires."

He also recommends that managers make use of LinkedIn, Google+, alumni databases, and professional associations to discover talent.

3. Put checks in place to assess candidates objectively.

An organization the size of Google can afford to have a large group of people spend time with each candidate, but even smaller companies need to avoid placing the burden of hiring someone onto one individual.

"Include subordinates and peers in the interviews, make sure interviewers write good notes, and have an unbiased group of people make the actual hiring decision," Bock writes. "Periodically return to those notes and compare them to how the new employee is doing, to refine your assessment capability."

We've all had bad days at the office. Maybe even a bad week or two.

But if you can't remember the last good day you've had at work, it might be time to seriously consider quitting.

Of course, you'll want more to go on than this, which is why we compiled a list of signs indicating it may be time to quit your job.

If you've noticed a number of these issues for at least a few months now, you should seriously consider packing up that miserable desk for good.

Vivian Giang contributed to an earlier version of this article.

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You're bored all the time.

"If you're no longer challenged in your position and have tried communicating with your boss to no avail, this may be a sign that it's time to leave," says Lynn Taylor, a national workplace expert, leadership coach, and author of "Tame Your Terrible Office Tyrant."

Although boredom is a very standard feeling, researchers believe prolonged feelings of boredom while at work are a warning sign that you are not doing what you want to be doing and are searching for more meaning.

If you're spending most of your workday on the internet shopping or playing games, or if you're checking the time frequently at work, those are key indicators, Taylor says.

Your skills aren't being tapped.

We all know that sometimes you have to take whatever you can get, stick it out for a while and, hopefully, prove to your boss that you're capable of managing more responsibilities.

But if you've been doing this awhile, and you're still stuck in a position that doesn't allow you to utilize your skills, then it's time to start considering other options, Taylor says.

"When you know you have more to offer the world, don't second-guess yourself — get ready for change," she says.

Your employer's goals and your personal mission don't match up.

People don't stay put in a job for as long as they can stand it anymore, former GE CEO Jack Welch and Suzy Welch, a best-selling author and business journalist, wrote in a LinkedIn post. These days, people consider whether they are investing their time at the right or wrong company.

As Business Insider previously reported, the Welches suggest asking yourself if your company "jibes with your life's goals and values.""Does it require you to travel more than you'd like, given your chosen work-life balance? Does it offer enough upward mobility, given your level of ambition?" they say.

How you answer these questions could signal whether it's time to move on.

Your early education greatly affects how and what you learn, as well as if and where you go to college.

Some families are so intent on sending their kids to the best schools that they relocate to join new school districts.

Niche, a company that researches and compiles information on schools, just released its ranking of the 2016 best school districts in America. The ranking was based on the grade each school district earned in overall experience, which included key factors such as the strength of academics, quality of teachers, school resources, student culture and diversity, student life, and student and parent reviews.

At the time of calculation, Niche's database contained records for 12,153 school districts — ones without sufficient data were not included in the ranking. Read more on the methodology here.

Below are the 25 best school districts in the US.

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25. Township High School District No. 113 — Highland Park, IL

Total schools: 2

Academics: A+

Teachers: A+

Resources & facilities: A

Student culture & diversity: B-

Extracurriculars at Deerfield High School are abundant, one commenter said: "We have everything from book club, anime club, Athletics, gima, model UN, movie club, environmental club, choraliers, plays/musicals, truly you name it."

One senior at Highland Park High School said that every teacher "wants the students to succeed" and that they "structure their classes in ways that help their students learn and retain the material in an easy way."

24. Aspen School District — Aspen Township, CO

Total schools: 5

Academics: A+

Teachers: A+

Resources & facilities: A+

Student culture & diversity: B

"The student-teacher dynamic is incredible. Most teachers are familiar enough with their students to respond to their first names, rather than their surnames," one Aspen High School junior commented. "They also offer help during office hours with understanding, and tend to be sympathetic towards scheduling issues involving IB classes and the even distribution of work. The student body is generally accepting of sexual orientation, racial, and socioeconomic differences."

23. Hinsdale Township High School District No. 86 — Downers Grove Township, IL

Total schools: 2

Academics: A+

Teachers: A+

Resources & facilities: A+

Student culture & diversity: A-

One senior at Hinsdale Central High School commented that "there is a constant competitive atmosphere [but it] pushes kids to do better since all their peers are trying to do the same. The majority of the students are working towards a mutual goal, that is going to a good college."

Commenters also said that safety at the high school is important.

"The nurse is always available, the school psychiatrists are great, and social workers are decent. I never felt threatened there," said one user.