The dinosaurs never really went extinct — at least not in the way you might imagine. Instead, many of them evolved into a class of animals that's still very present on our planet: birds.

A new exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History, "Dinosaurs Among Us," shows how enormous, fearsome beasts like the Tyrannosaurs Rex became parrots and chickadees. This transition wasn't quick, and many of the famous dinosaurs we know today, like the T. Rex, sported feathers long before they resembled anything close to modern birds.

Check out these weird transitional forms that have changed much of what we thought we knew about the dinosaurs that ruled the Earth hundreds of millions of years ago.

Dinosaurs like the Yutyrannus huali, a 1.5 ton relative of T. rex that lived 125 million years ago, were covered in feathery fuzz. When scientists discovered this beast in 2012, it was some of the first concrete evidence that even the mighty T. rex might have been sort of fluffy. The name means "beautiful feathered tyrant."

While the jury is still out on whether the T. rex itself had feathers, many scientists now think they might have had some kind of proto-feathers — Jurassic Park be damned.

The T. rex even had a wishbone. Scientists once believe these bones (technically called furculae) helped strengthen bodies for flight. But this wishbone from the giant, earthbound T. Rex showed that its purpose was not just for flying.

Most people learn time management the hard way: by trial and error.

Étienne Garbugli, a Montreal-based product and marketing consultant and the author of "Lean B2B: Build Products Businesses Want," distilled the lessons he wishes he'd known when he was 20.

He created the following presentation, posted to SlideShare, which we've shared here with his permission.

This is an update of an article originally posted by Max Nisen.

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Whenever someone strikes up a conversation with me about the universe, I get animated.

No surprise there: I've made a living writing about astronomy, physics, geology, spaceflight, and related areas of science for nearly a decade, and have read obsessively on these topics for much longer than that.

However, people have shared a lot of peculiar "facts" with me over the years that ended up being totally false.

Below are some of the silliest and most common claims I've heard.

No one is perfect — I believed many of these statements at some point in my life — but it's time to put these myths, misconceptions, and inaccuracies to rest. 

MYTH: The sun is yellow.

If you wince and look at the afternoon sun, it might look yellow — but the light it gives off is actually white in color.

The Earth's atmosphere between your eyes and the sun is what makes the star appear yellow.

The gases bend the light in an effect called Rayleigh scattering, which is what also makes the sky appear blue and causes sunsets to blaze into brilliant oranges and reds.

Not helping matters is that astronomers classify the sun as a main-sequence G-type star, or the misnomer "yellow dwarf."

Sources: NASA, NOAA, Washington University, University College London

MYTH: The Sahara is the biggest desert on Earth.

Not all deserts are hot and full of sand. They need only be dry and inhospitable.

Antarctica fits the bill, since it receives only two inches of precipitation a year and has few land animals.

At 5.4 million square miles compared to the Sahara's 3.6 million square miles, the Bottom of the World is a vastly larger desert.

Sources: USGS (1, 2), NASA, Encyclopedia of Earth (1, 2)

MYTH: Astrology can predict your personality or the future.

Wouldn't it be nice to get a glimpse of tomorrow based on something as simple as where the sun, planets, and moon were located when you were born?

That's what astrology claims to do, what 50% the world at least partly believes, and what as much as 2% of the planet strongly buys into.

Yet thorough scientific investigations of astrology have failed, again and again, to back up any predictions from an astrological sign or horoscope.

A 1985 study in Nature is especially notable. In that experiment, scientists used a non-biased, double-blind protocol and worked in conjunction with some of the top astrologers in the US to test the predictive power of astrological signs.

The results? The astrological predictions were no better than chance.

Sources: The Humanist, Comprehensive Psychology, Nature, Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association, Pseudoscience and Deception: The Smoke and Mirrors of Paranormal Claims,

Can you imagine the three-woman American R&B group TLC singing Britney Spears' "...Baby One More Time?"

Neither can we, but it almost happened.

Spears' debut single was originally written for TLC, but the trio passed on what would turn out to be an enormous cultural phenomenon.

Here are 13 hits that almost went to other artists:

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Rihanna's "Umbrella" ... by Britney Spears

Rihanna's "Umbrella" was originally written with pop star Britney Spears in mind, according to author John Seabrook of "The Song Machine." But Spears' label rejected the song because she already had a full load of material to record.

Released in late March 2007, Rihanna's "Umbrella" topped the Billboard charts, staying there for seven straight weeks and changing her career and innocent island-girl image.

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Pharrell's "Happy" ... by CeeLo Green

Singer, rapper, and producer Pharrell Williams told Howard Stern that the infectiously popular "Happy" was intended for CeeLo Green.

Pharrell turned "Happy" into a worldwide hit and sold more than 5 million digital singles. To date, "Happy" remains his most successful song, with 47 weeks on Billboard's Hot 100.

During a 2014 interview with Oprah, Pharrell began crying after watching a supercut of people around the world dancing to his song "Happy."

"It's overwhelming because I love what I do," he told Oprah.

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Rihanna's "S.O.S." ... by Christina Milian

One of Rihanna's first hits, "S.O.S." spent three weeks at the top of Billboard's Hot 100 in 2006.

But the catchy tune was originally written for singer-actress Christina Milian, who rejected the song.

Meanwhile, Milian hasn't had a hit since "Dip It Low," which was released in 2004.

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In a world that's hungry for energy but increasingly wary of the damage that generating power can do, solar might just be the answer: clean energy that's cheap and virtually endless. 

Ranking the top 10 countries with the most solar power capacity is a way to see who's doing it best, and who could do it better.

The numbers come from the International Energy Agency's Trends in Photovoltaic Applications report, and while they only go through 2014, it's the most recent data available. (These numbers tell us who is generating the most raw power from solar, not who is providing the greatest percentage of their nation's energy with solar. And they show who has the greatest capacity installed to deliver solar energy, not how much solar energy is actually being produced.)

What's surprising about this list is that relatively tiny countries are on it. Germany, Japan, Italy — they all rank higher than the US, even though we have much more land.

Solar power, for now anyway, requires a lot of space. So for small countries to be leading the way in overall capacity is impressive.

And it shows how much opportunity there is to install more solar in places that have a lot of open land, like the US.

The total cumulative solar power capacity for the entire world was 177,003 Megawatts— enough to power over 29 million homes.

Here are the top 10 countries leading the way in solar energy:

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10. South Korea: 2,398 Megawatts

9. Belgium: 3,156 Megawatts

8. Australia: 4,130 Megawatts

A few years ago, shortly after my husband and I had moved to a small town in Minnesota, we decided to go out for a drink at a new bar in town. It was quiet, and we sat down right at the bar.

When the bartender asked “What can I get for you?” my husband started with, “Well, I think I’m in the mood for a whiskey cocktail…” The bartender gave him a look of confusion and replied, “I think Jack and Coke is the only one there is, isn’t it?”

Oops. We had misread the bar. (Actually, in this case I believe we had misread the bartender because I’m pretty sure I saw some vermouth behind the bar, and I personally believe that every bartender should know what a Manhattan and an Old Fashioned are, even if they don’t know how to execute them perfectly). Whatever the situation, this little drink-ordering adventure (my husband eventually managed to coax a whiskey with ginger beer and a lime wedge out of the bartender) was a pointed illustration of the fact that when it comes to cocktail ordering there's no 100% guarantee.

These days, when you look at the bar scene, you find cutting-edge craft cocktail bars, neighborhood dives that haven’t changed in 25 years, and everything in between. And if you try ordering a “Captain and Coke” at a craft bar whose rail is filled with amari and housemade syrups, you’ll probably get a stare that is just as blank as if you try to order a Corpse Reviver #2 at a sports bar in a university town.

I wracked my brain to try to come up with a cocktail for which there would be no contingencies, and all I came up with was a vodka and soda. And then I thought, "No, there are probably whiskey or mezcal-focused bars out there now that have no vodka."So, perhaps there is no cocktail that you can order anywhere, but that doesn’t mean you have to be at a loss for an order when you walk up to a bar (and there isn’t a convenient menu of house cocktail specials from which to order).

There’s always beer, right? Just kidding. Sort of. But, when I’m set on a cocktail, what I try to do is have a little mental storehouse of drink recipes for different situations from which I can pull a cocktail based on my assessment of the bar.

Here’s how I think about it:

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For dive bars, sports bars, and the local watering hole in a rather small town:

First assess whether vermouth and bitters are on the back bar and how dusty the bottles are. If it appears there is no vermouth or that it hasn’t been used in a couple years, stick with the category of drinks where the name of the drink is the recipe. I call these the “blank and blanks,” that is to say, rum and Coke, vodka and cranberry, gin and tonic, Scotch and soda, and so on. If you’re lucky they’ll have ginger beer; basically any spirit tastes good with ginger beer and several wedges of lime squeezed in. Do not expect anything more. In these bars, I usually just order a bourbon, neat.

If there appears to be vermouth and one or two bottles of bitters in regular rotation, then you should be able to order one of the simplest, two- or three-ingredient classic cocktails like a martini, an Old Fashioned, or aManhattan. But, be prepared to explain your order to the bartender. Have your favorite proportions for a Manhattan or a martini memorized so if the bartender seems hesitant, you can swiftly follow up with, “Two ounces rye whiskey, an ounce of that sweet vermouth there, and a couple dashes of bitters, on the rocks."

I’ve had great success ordering negronis at bars where the bartender has no idea what a negroni is. In fact, that’s how I had a negroni last Saturday! If I notice there’s a bottle of Campari on the back bar, I just ask them to give me equal pours of gin, Campari, and sweet vermouth over ice, and give me a stir stick.

For somewhat fancier places:

The next category of bars are the ones where, after a little observation you can tell they actually use fresh citrus juice and they shake or stir the cocktails before serving them to you. In these places, the simple classic cocktails like a Manhattan, martini, or Old Fashioned are still always a good bet, and will probably be well executed.

You should also be able to order from the line-up of simple classics that have lime or lemon juice and liqueurs. A classic daiquiri is a good bet—feel free to tell the bartender what your favorite proportions of rum to lime to sugar are—as is a French 75 (this is one where I surprisingly often find they have the ingredients, but I still have to give the bartender a recipe: 1 ounces gin, 1/2 ounce each lemon and simple syrup, shaken, strained, and topped with Champagne); or order a Sidecar (2 ounces brandy and 1 ounce each lemon and Cointreau, shaken and strained).

If you see they have more obscure liqueurs and ingredients like Chartreuse, Maraschino, Lillet, Absinthe, and such, then things are getting serious, and you should be able to order virtually any classic cocktail from aLast Word to a Rob Roy. But, I’ve still found it never hurts to have the specs for the classic you want memorized, just in case.

For cocktail bars:

Finally, you have the bars that consider themselves cocktail bars, that is to say they specialize in making cocktails and have many types of bitters, house-made syrups, cocktails with egg whites, and specialized glasses for different types of cocktails. There is a definite chance that the bartenders will have lots of tattoos and be wearing dapper vests, and even if they aren’t, they’ve probably still put some serious study into cocktail history.

At these bars you should be able to order any classic or vintage cocktail from the cocktail canon. But, an even better bet, I think, is to go ahead and let the bartender take care of you. Tell them the types of things you like, and let them take it from there. Just don’t order a Captain and Coke.

You'd be surprised at how many times you can drive the price down with a bit of tactful negotiating.

And the success rate is shockingly high: 89% of people who have haggled were rewarded at least once, the Consumer Reports National Research Center found.

But too many of us refuse to ask for a better deal. From 2010 to 2013, only 48% of people actually tried to bargain, that same survey found.

It can never hurt to ask, especially with these 15 costs:

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Maintaining electronics and computers

According to Dina Gachman, author of "Brokenomics: 50 Ways to Live the Dream on a Dime," people don't bargain nearly as much as they should.

Gachman recalls a time in which she was laid off, unemployed, and had run into some issues with her laptop. After she was told it would cost $250 just to have her laptop checked out by someone, she called the company's 1-800 number and used what she calls "trigger words" to lower the repair cost. These words include "inconvenience,""corporate responsibility,""loyal customer," and "please."

College tuition

If you're a member of one of those families in which all the siblings end up attending the same school, personal-finance blogger Len Penzo points out that some colleges are known to give discounted tuition or financial aid when multiple family members attend.

No siblings? Forbes suggests leveraging a high GPA for more scholarship money instead.

Mortgage rates

Mortgage rates are fair game for bargaining — with a little legwork.

"Shop around, get quotes, make sure your credit score is stellar, and you should be able to talk about lowering things like processing fees," Gachman writes.

If you have strong credit, use that as leverage. A credit score is one of the most important factors in determining your mortgage rate.

When Warren Buffett started his investing career, he would read 600, 750, or 1,000 pages a day.

Even now, he still spends about 80% of his day reading.

"Look, my job is essentially just corralling more and more and more facts and information, and occasionally seeing whether that leads to some action," he once said in an interview.

"We don't read other people's opinions,"he said. "We want to get the facts, and then think."

To help you get into the mind of the billionaire investor, we've rounded up 18 of his book recommendations over 20 years of interviews and shareholder letters.

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'The Intelligent Investor' by Benjamin Graham

When Buffett was 19, he picked up a copy of legendary Wall Streeter Benjamin Graham's "The Intelligent Investor."

It was one of the luckiest moments of his life, he said, because it gave him the intellectual framework for investing.

"To invest successfully over a lifetime does not require a stratospheric IQ, unusual business insights, or inside information,"Buffett said."What's needed is a sound intellectual framework for making decisions and the ability to keep emotions from corroding that framework. This book precisely and clearly prescribes the proper framework. You must provide the emotional discipline."

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'Security Analysis' by Benjamin Graham and David L. Dodd

Buffett said that"Security Analysis,"another groundbreaking work of Graham's, had given him "a road map for investing that I have now been following for 57 years."

The book's core insight: If your analysis is thorough enough, you can figure out the value of a company — and if the market knows the same.

Buffett has said that Graham was the second most influential figure in his life, after only his father.

"Ben was this incredible teacher; I mean he was a natural,"he said.

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'Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits' by Philip Fisher

While investor Philip Fisher— who specialized in investing in innovative companies — didn't shape Buffett in quite the same way as Graham did, Buffett still holds him in the highest regard.

"I am an eager reader of whatever Phil has to say, and I recommend him to you,"Buffett said.

In "Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits," Fisher emphasizes that fixating on financial statements isn't enough — you also need to evaluate a company's management.

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Tahiti has some of the clearest surf on the planet, and photographer-turned-surfer Ben Thouard has caught it in more ways than one.

After studying photography in Paris and traveling the world as a magazine photographer, Thouard decided to settle down in Tahiti.

That was seven years ago. Since then, Thouard has collected some incredible shots of the famed waves off the coast of Teahupo'o, a village on the southeastern part of the island. Like this one:

Thouard's photography captures the breathtaking beauty and power of Tahitian waves, so we put together this slideshow of our favorite images.

While walking us through the images, Thouard gave Tech Insider a simple explanation for the crystal-clear nature of his artistic muse.

Thouard was born in southeastern France and began surfing at the age of 8.

"It's definitely not the best place to learn surfing," he told Tech Insider, "but I fell in love."

Thouard's had a lifelong connection with the water.

Tesla will open its first store and service center in Brooklyn on Friday, but we got a sneak peek of the new digs early. 

Here's a closer look at the new facility. 

The new Tesla facility is located in Red Hook, Brooklyn right next to the Red Hook container terminal.

Specifically, it's located at 160 Van Brunt Street, Brooklyn, NY.

At the front of the building, you will find a Tesla's store.

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

"Game of Thrones" is set to return to HBO on Sunday, April 24. Based on set leaks, casting calls, and context from the book series, we've been able to piece together several major storylines that will be featured in the upcoming season. 

From Jon Snow's debated return, to old characters resurfacing, season six is bound to be a doozy. The full-length trailer should be enough to get any fan hyped beyond measure.

This post is full of spoilers, so only read on if you want to learn what your favorite characters will be up to in season six. Scroll down to see what's in store for season six of "Game of Thrones."

Jon Snow's return is looking very likely, if not totally confirmed.

The season five finale showed Jon Snow being brutally stabbed and left to bleed out. Though the trailer has revealed he really is dead, many fans are fiercely positive he will be resurrected and somehow live on. 

The strongest theory out there is that we'll see Melisandre, the red priestess, resurrect Jon using blood magic. It fits that her character conveniently arrived at the Wall the same day Jon was attacked, something that isn't engineered in the book plot. Not to mention, the trailer seems to indicate Melisandre and Davos will be teaming up in order to protect Jon's body.

Kit Harington, who plays Jon on the show, has been seenmultipletimes in Belfast, where filming for the Wall and Winterfell primarily takes place. The biggest indicator he'll be back back comes from major set leaks appearing to show Snow on set for a huge battle later on in season six. 

Melisandre at the Wall, with or without Jon Snow, is going to get interesting.

Up until now, Melisandre had been operating under the assumption Stannis Baratheon was a prophesied hero called Azor Ahai, marked by the Lord of Light as special.

But Stannis turned out to be a mere mortal, vulnerable and unprotected by any god, and he was killed by Brienne of Tarth in the finale. Fans speculated Stannis's death was a fake-out in the finale, but the director of the episode stated clearly that Stannis was killed. There has been no evidence to the contrary, unlike with Jon Snow.

So Melisandre is without a leader to serve, and she recently burned Shireen, a beloved young girl, alive in front of thousands of men in the name of her Lord of Light. She is at the Wall with Davos Seaworth, Stannis's loyal follower and one of the most moral men in Westeros.

Will season six bring a resolution between these two? Can Melisandre's fire-magic be used in the war against the Others?

In an interview with The New Daily after the season five finale aired, Carice Van Houten, the actress who plays Melisandre, said that "you feel that [Melisandre] is concentrating more and more towards Jon Snow … there are slight hints that something's going to happen."

Season six might be the time when Melisandre realizes her prophesied hero was really Jon Snow all along. 

There will be a great Northern battle that is most likely between Ramsay Bolton and Jon Snow.

In the trailer, Melisandre says: "The great victory I saw in the flames, all of it was a lie." She saw visions in the fire, visions of Winterfell being taken by a great army and the Bolton banners falling. Melisandre misinterpreted this to mean Stannis's victory, when it was probably Jon Snow's.

Combining set leaks, behind-the-scenes footage, and snippets from the full trailer, fans know there is a major northern battle taking place this season.

Called the Battle of the Bastards at Winterfell by fans, The Boltons will be fighting against northern houses and the wildlings. Kit Harington (Jon Snow) was photographed on set wearing Stark armor, so it's safe to assume he'll be on the battlefield. 

The trailer sighting of Tormund and other wildlings at the battle is what really sealed the deal for us. There's no way wildlings would fight for any "southerner" but Jon. 

So what else is going on in the north?

Lori Greiner has seen hundreds of pitches from entrepreneurs on "Shark Tank," but she's also been regularly giving pitches herself since patenting her first invention in 1997.

With more than 400 inventions and 120 patents to her name, as well as a hands-on approach to a diverse portfolio of investments in small businesses, Greiner has worked to become a reliable salesperson to some of the world's biggest retailers, like Bed Bath & Beyond and Target.

And as the "Queen of QVC," her pitches to customers practically guarantee that the product sells out in a matter of minutes.

In her book "Invent It, Sell It, Bank It!," she explains that every great pitch — to investors, distributors, or customers — contains the same elements.

We've summarized Greiner's points on what makes a pitch work, and included some comments she made at an event last year announcing her partnership with Staples.

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It's as concise as possible.

"A great pitch is when a person can describe what their business or product is within two sentences," Greiner said at the Staples event.

Buyers and investors are "smart, savvy, and expert at summing up a product's potential at a quick glance," Greiner writes. They don't need hand-holding, but they need to know why they should part with their money within a minute or two or else they'll stop listening.

It's exciting.

"Any time you can make a buyer laugh or engage is a step closer to getting a deal," Greiner writes.

Draw the investors in with enthusiasm and passion. Remember that whether you're on "Shark Tank" or pitching to a single venture capitalist, your audience has spent either little or no time thinking about your product, which you may think is the greatest on the market.

If you exude confidence and energy, "you could pull a buyer out of a post-lunch stupor faster than any Red Bull," Greiner writes.

It makes the seller as appealing as the product.

"I look at who the entrepreneur is," Greiner said at the Staples event. "For me, it's everything."

An investor will be paying attention to how well you listen, and if you possess qualities that indicate you'd be someone easy to work with.

If entrepreneurs don't listen to questions asked during a pitch, "they're not going to hear you down the road, either, and they're not going to be a good partner."

In my career as a journalist, I've lived through two rounds of mass layoffs.

While I didn't see either of them coming, hindsight is always 20/20, and I now have a much better sense for when the tides are changing.

To get a better understanding of the signs that layoffs are coming, I polled others who've been through them, scoured the news about high-profile mass layoffs, and crawled the depths of the internet.

If you notice a combination of these signs in your own company, it may be time to start looking for a new job.

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The most obvious sign: Executives confirm layoffs are coming.

Last year, Twitter's Jack Dorsey and ESPN's John Skipper sent memos to employees detailing imminent layoffs.

Executives hint at layoffs using other terms, like 'restructuring.'

HP, which has been going through layoffs since 2008, proves there are many indirect ways of saying "layoffs."

CEO Meg Whitman and other HP executives have used terms like"downsizing,""restructuring,""reorganizing,""incremental synergies,""offshoring," and "streamlining."

Intel CEO Brian Krzanich used the term "headcount reductions" in an email he sent to employees about rumored layoffs.

And IBM has referred to layoffs as "workforce rebalancing."

If you hear or see these terms bandied about, it's time to brace yourself.

Your company gives you a 'non-negotiable' job offer.

If you don't take the non-negotiable job offer, you will get laid off.

Last year, HP gave a group of several hundred employees in its struggling enterprise-services unit an unusual ultimatum: Either take the new job we've lined up for you — or get laid off without severance.

Doctors keep telling us to get rid of the stress in our lives but, for most of us, this is an unrealistic option.

Unless you are planning to move to a desert island any time soon, stress is an inevitable part of daily life.

The key is learning how to manage it and to make the most of it.

The funny thing about stress is how it takes us away from the very things that would help us combat it.

We retreat into bad habits like staying up all night, binge watching TV, gorging on junk food and skipping workouts.

We withdraw from friends, we are reluctant to try new things and we don’t make time for our favorite hobbies.

The result is a double dose of stress.

The good news is, with a little patience and perseverance, you can learn to become stress-hardy.

Create a personal reservoir of resilience to inoculate you against setbacks and keep you strong, even in the face of stress.

Here’s how:

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1. Hold the door open for a stranger

Studies show that when we help others we help ourselves. Small gestures like opening a door for a stranger, holding the elevator, bringing a coworker coffee and asking someone if they need help mitigate daily stress.

2. Take the stairs

Exercise plays a key role in dampening the effects of stress. Do your best to build more movement into every day.

3. Grin and bear it

Smiling during stressful moments can reduce your body’s physical and mental response to stress.

Car museums are cool, but there's nothing really like going to where all the history actually went down. The Nürburgring in Northwestern Germany is a place that allows you to do just that. 

The Nürburgring has been around since 1927.

Though it has seen several major renovations and track changes since.

If the name doesn't ring a bell, you might recognize the track from games like "Forza Motorsport" or "Gran Turismo".

It's that really long and twisty track. 

Yup, that one. 

Or maybe from the movie "Rush", which showcases one of the most important crashes ever to have taken place in the history of racing and possibly the most import crash ever at the Nürburgring.

Before Tesla and the widespread popularity of electric cars, General Motors had its own thing going on.

The GM EV1 was the car that first brought enthusiasm and excitement to the modern world of electric cars in America.

Though it was only available for six years through GM-direct leasing programs, the EV-1 grew a relatively massive following during its time on the road. 

Take a look at one of the first popular electric cars America has seen.

There was a ton of excitement when the EV1 was first released in late 1996.

At the time, there wasn't really anything else like the EV1 on the market.

It was one of the first mass-produced electric cars to be openly available to consumers. 

The design was based off of a GM concept from 1990 called the Impact.

Not much changed physically. 

A truly livable treehouse is hard to find, but this home in Weston, Connecticut, comes very close.

The $550,000 home stands on stilts and when you’re inside, it feels as though you’re up in the trees. It's three stories tall with three bedrooms, a fireplace, outdoor pool, and lots of skylights.

The 1,800-square-foot home was built in 1977 and bought by the current owners Bill Kommen and his wife in 1989. After 27 years of weekend getaways from their apartment in New York City, Kommen said it's time to sell.

"I’m now 83," he told Tech Insider, adding that his wife will be 80 years old in July. "At this stage in our life, maintaing the home really doesn’t make any sense."

Kommen says the new owners will have access to the nearby Saugatuck River, hiking trails, and the towns of Weston and Westport. "It really was a great house, I will miss it terribly."

Keep scrolling to see inside the grown-up “treehouse.”

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Welcome to the $550,000 "treehouse" in Weston, Connecticut. "It was originally called 'Fern House,'" Kommen said. "When you're inside, it's like you're up in the trees."

The home is roughly 1,800 square feet and has lots of natural light.

Mainly thanks to numerous skylights and huge floor-to-ceiling windows. Kommen said the view is best in the winter when you can see through the trees.

After 40 years, the former stadium of the Detroit Lions will be torn down this spring, according to The Detroit News.

The massive building cost $55.7 million to build when it was first constructed back in 1975. It hosted Super Bowl XVI in 1982, a Michael Jackson Victory Tour concert in 1984, and the 1994 FIFA World Cup.

But by 2002, the Detroit Lions had moved into Ford Field in downtown Detroit and the Silverdome was abandoned.

Since then, it's been used only sporadically and suffered major damage after a 2013 winter storm destroyed its inflatable roof.

Photographer Johnny Joo gained access to the Silverdome back in 2014 and 2015. He toured the stadium with friends and shared his amazing pictures of the now-defunct building with Tech Insider.

The Silverdome will be demolished this spring 2016 after sitting virtually abandoned since 2002.

Source: Detroit Free Press

In its heyday, it could seat more than 80,300 people.

Source: Detroit Free Press

The building was home to the Detroit Lions from 1975 until 2002 and to the Detroit Pistons from 1978 until 1988.

Source: Detroit Free Press

If you seem to be able to talk your way out of almost anything, or you're really great at helping others come to an agreement, you're probably a strong negotiator.

Luckily for you, there are plenty of high-paying jobs out there that allow you to exercise this valuable skill on a regular basis.

To find them, we combed through the Occupational Information Network (O*NET), a US Department of Labor database that compiles detailed information on hundreds of jobs, and looked for positions with a high "negotiation importance" score. We then looked at salary data on the US Bureau of Labor Statistics website to see which positions have an average annual salary of over $65,000.

O*NET ranks how important "bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences" is in any job, assigning each a score between one and 100. Positions that require a lot of negotiating, such as lawyer and CEO, rank between 70 and 100 on the spectrum, while jobs such as janitor and proofreader are under 25.

Here are 21 high-paying positions with a negotiation-importance level of 66 or higher:

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Sales representative (wholesale and manufacturing)

Average salary: $65,800

Negotiation importance level: 66

Wholesale and manufacturing sales representatives sell goods for wholesalers or manufacturers to businesses, government agencies, and other organizations. They contact customers, explain product features, answer any questions that their customers may have, and negotiate prices.

Property, real estate, or community association manager

Average salary:$65,880

Negotiation importance level: 66

Property, real-estate, and community-association managers take care of the many aspects of residential, commercial, or industrial properties. They make sure that the property is well maintained, has a nice appearance, and preserves its resale or leasing value.

Advanced practice psychiatric nurse

Average salary: $69,790*

Negotiation importance level: 66

*This is the salary for registered nurse.

Registered nurses assess patient health problems and needs, develop and implement nursing-care plans, and maintain medical records. They administer nursing care to ill, injured, convalescent, or disabled patients and may advise patients on health maintenance and disease prevention or provide case management.

According to a 2015 report from Pew Charitable Trusts, 80% of Americans are in debt.

Patrice C. Washington, author of "Real Money Answers for Every Woman: How to Win the Money Game With or Without a Man," says the lies we tell ourselves about money might be contributing to those balances.

Washington says that wealth "has 100% nothing to do with money."

"Getting out of debt, starting a business, whatever your financial goal, I truly believe it has everything to do with us and our mindset," she explains.

Below, she outlines eight common money lies that could be keeping us in debt: 

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'I don't know anything about money.' 



Washington doesn't buy this one. "There's just too much information out there about money," she says. "If you're like, 'I don't know anything about underwater basket weaving,' maybe I could go there with you, but in the age of Google, there's no real excuse."

She acknowledges that not all financial information is good, but she thinks the "I don't know anything" lie is more heavily based on "analysis paralysis" between options than faulty financial info. "We get so caught up comparing and contrasting every possible financial principle out there, while there are people who maybe don't know as much as you who are making progress by taking one small step," she says.

No one's asking you to be a money maven, she explains. "You don't have to know everything there is. What is the one thing you can do? Just go do it. As you learn and benefit from that one thing, the doors will continue to open and opportunities will come for you to earn more and more."

"How you manage your money is how you get to experience your life," she says. "It determines where you live, what you drive, what you eat, how you dress —  it deserves your full attention whether you like it or not."

'I work hard, so I deserve it.'

No one is saying you don't work hard, or that you don't deserve a treat. But Washington points out that the root of this lie is something deeper: Why do you really need a reward?

"A lot of the time there's a lack of fulfillment when it comes to your career or job, and it's easy to go out and justify why we want to buy something to make us happier," Washington says. "But the root of this is you're unfulfilled. Instead of making an excuse every payday, or once a month, or to buy one big thing every year, it's time to ask, 'What's really going on here?' Maybe the truth is that you're working hard at something you just don't like doing, and you need to shift."

'It was an emergency.'

Washington likes to cite Merriam Webster's definition of "emergency": "an unexpected and usually dangerous situation that calls for immediate action."

That boils down to something that's "serious, dangerous, and unexpected," she says. "When people come to me and tell me, 'I had an emergency, my car registration was due!' I say 'Let's back this up: serious, dangerous, unexpected. You know as an adult with an automobile that every year you have to register your car. This is not an emergency.'"

She acknowledges that of course there are actual emergencies, like a job loss, but that many of "emergencies" people experience are costs for which they could have planned ahead. "I'm big on knowing your numbers," she says. "It's not just what goes in and out on a monthly basis, but also costs like your quarterly subscriptions every year — you can plan ahead for them."