Costco is known for its bargains, but did you know it's also a place where you can buy a luxurious steak?

The retail giant sells a number of items that you might not consider buying during your weekly shopping trip.

Of course, there are some staples you should always buy in bulk at Costco, like bacon and laundry detergents. But there are also some surprisingly pricey items that may make sense to sweep up at Costco, too.

Here are seven things that Costco sells that you might not know about:

SEE ALSO: 12 items you should always buy from Costco

1. Coffins

Most people probably don't realize that Costco has an entire funeral category, selling coffins in most states. Beyond caskets, which cost between $949.99 and $2,999.99, the company also sells a variety of urns.

Costco's coffins, sold in partnership with Universal Casket Co., are very well reviewed.

"This purchase took much pressure off the difficult time of dealing with Mom's funeral," reads a review of the solid five-star rated Mother Casket. "She would have loved it, and it was her wish to do this... Funeral costs are very high, and this product and the people we dealt with were caring and professional."

2. African safaris

Costco has a number of vacation packages to destinations such as the Dominican Republic, Hawaii, and Fiji, and even a safari in the South African Savanna.

Packages include airfare and hotels, with different locations offering different perks. A visit to the Alsol Tiara Cap Cana resort in the Dominican Republic includes all meals, snacks, beverages, and minibar access for $509 a night. A trip through Lion World Travel includes a spa treatment, a wine tour, and sightseeing trips with prices starting at $4,699 for a weeklong trip.

3. Engagement rings

If you're shopping for an engagement ring at Costco, you can choose to spend a lot, with options costing up to $19,999.99. There are also rings on the less expensive side, such as one choice that clocks in at $779.99.

Costco's engagement-ring business found itself in hot water last year, when a judge ruled that the retail chain willfully infringed on Tiffany & Co.'s trademarks by selling rings bearing the jewelry brand's name.

At 222 feet across, almost 300 feet long, and 65 feet tall at its tail, Lockheed Martin's C-5 Galaxy is the largest transport aircraft in the US Air Force. With a cargo hull 121 feet long and 19 feet across, the C-5 is a flying warehouse that can carry a combat-ready military unit or deliver necessary supplies anywhere in the world.

The C-5 has a cargo capacity of 142 tons, the equivalent of carrying two M1A1 Abrams tanks, six greyhound buses, or 25,844,746 ping-pong balls. Below, see just how awesome the C-5's carrying capacity is.

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The C-5 Galaxy absolutely dwarfs humans.

The engine alone is more than 7 feet across.

Even large helicopters are tiny compared to the C-5.

For the last four years, many startups have been chasing after a billion-dollar "unicorn" valuation.

Now that the steroid era of startup funding is coming to an end, these richly valued companies are in the spotlight. Many will end up being worth a lot less than their last valuation. A few will surpass it. 

Business Insider worked with PitchBook to rank the companies that juiced up their valuations the most since 2012.

Here are the top 30 companies who saw their valuations rise by at least $1 billion during the past 4 years, ranked by how those valuations have grown:

SEE ALSO: The steroid era of startups is over — here's what 8 top VCs think will happen next

30. InsideSales.com increased its valuation by $1.31 billion between 2012 and 2016.

InsideSales.com provides a cloud-based platform for sales reps to predict and accelerate a company's revenue growth.

Post-money valuation pre-2012: $32 million

Pre-money valuation in 2016: $1.342 billion

Valuation increase: 3,941%

Total raised: $200 million from Salesforce Ventures, Microsoft, and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

29. AppNexus: $1.31 billion

AppNexus powers and optimizes online advertising spending.

Post-money valuation pre-2012: $191 million

Pre-money valuation in 2016: $1.501 billion

Valuation increase: 584%

Total raised: $313.17 million from Silicon Valley Bank, Venrock Associates, and First Round Capital, among other investors

28. Box: $1.49 billion (before it went public in 2015).

Box stores files online for personal and business accounts.

Post-money valuation pre-2012: $757 million

Last private valuation: $2.25 billion

Valuation increase: 97%

Total raised: $583.93 million from Draper Fisher Jurvetson, New Enterprise Associates, Andreessen Horowitz

It can be difficult to concentrate when your boss seems to have lost interest in their job, the company, and maybe even you.

"If you feel as if your manager has 'checked out,' it's a natural reaction to want to know why," says Lynn Taylor, a national workplace expert, leadership coach, and author of "Tame Your Terrible Office Tyrant.""Now it's time to put the puzzle together to evaluate whether they may have one foot out the door."

She says if you suspect your boss is about to quit and you remain vigilant, the signs will become increasingly apparent. "The behaviors are far different if your manager is not performing to par and is trying to preempt termination, versus wanting to leave for greener pastures. But the common denominator, regardless of the reason for the impending departure, is a change in routine."

It's important to pay attention because your boss's job status can be linked to your own job security and affect your career — for better or worse.

Here are 19 signs your boss is about to jump ship:

SEE ALSO: What to do if you think your boss is about to quit

There are changes in patterns and behavior

This is a noticeable theme among many of the signs that your boss is about to bolt, Taylor says.

"Nothing is consistent with past behavior. Your boss used to be friendly, now they're in virtual lock-down. Your boss used to be Mr. Introvert, and now acts like he's just won the state lottery. They may become suddenly apathetic or very intense. Much depends on whether they must scramble for a new job — or are relieved they finally found a way out."

There's been a reorganization

If your company has reorganized or downsized, your boss may quit because they see the writing on the wall, Taylor says. "They may leave before a layoff, or the event may exacerbate the fact that their job was already at risk."

You notice a shift in intensity

If your boss feels comfortable about an impending new job, he or she is more likely to be lax about upcoming deadlines, she explains. 

Scientists call it the "ghost particle."

It has almost no mass, travels at essentially the speed of light, and evaded scientific confirmation for three decades.

Meet the neutrino, which scientists hope will help them answer dozens of critical questions about the universe, including why it's full of matter.

Neutrinos are produced when radioactive elements decay. They gush out of the sun, other stars, and even our own bodies. They also travel through huge amounts of matter without even flinching.

So how do you study a particle that can pass through a light-year of lead without being stopped? With some really big experiments. Take a look:

SEE ALSO: How scientists use a giant telescope in Antarctica to study the strangest particle in the universe

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The GERmanium Detector Array — helping to uncover why we exist at all

The GERmanium Detector Array (GERDA) looks for neutrinos by monitoring the electrical activity inside pure Germanium crystals isolated deep under a mountain in Italy. The scientists who operate GERDA are hoping to spot a very rare type of radioactive decay.

When the Big Bang gave birth to our universe 13.7 billion years ago, it should have produced equal amounts of matter and antimatter, scientists say. And when matter and antimatter collide, they destroy each other, leaving behind nothing but energy.

And yet, here we are.

If the scientists are able to spot the decay they're looking for, it could imply that a neutrino can be both a particle and an antiparticle at the same time, which would explain why the universe favored matter and why you're here today.

Sudbury Neutrino Observatory — investigating a smorgasbord of neutrinos

The Canadian Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) is buried roughly a mile underground. It was originally built in the 1980s but was recently repurposed to form SNO+ .

SNO+ will investigate neutrinos from Earth, the sun, and even supernovae. At its heart is a huge acrylic sphere filled with 800 tons of a special fluid called liquid scintillator. The sphere is surrounded by a shell of water, and kept suspended with ropes. It's monitored by an array of about 10,000 extremely sensitive light detectors called photomultiplier tubes (PMTs).

When neutrinos interact with other particles in the detector, they produce light in the liquid scintillator, which the PMTs are designed to pick up.

Thanks to the the original SNO detector, scientists now know there at least 3 different kinds, or "flavors," of neutrinos, which they change back and forth between as they speed through space. 

IceCube — exploring the universe

Meet the largest neutrino detector in the world. IceCube, located at the South Pole, uses 5,160 sensors distributed over a billion tons of ice to spot high-energy neutrinos from extremely violent cosmic sources like exploding stars, black holes, and neutron stars.

When neutrinos crash into water molecules in the ice, they release high-energy eruptions of subatomic particles that can stretch as far as six city blocks, Symmetry reports. These particles move so quickly that they emit a brief cone of light, called Cherenkov radiation. That's what IceCube's detectors pick up.

The scientists hope to use this information to reconstruct the path of the neutrinos and identify their source.

BMW has been researching and testing electric cars for over 40 years.

Each electric car BMW tested over that period of time can be looked at as a stepping stone toward the impressive electric cars the company sells today.

Take a look back at where BMW's modern electric cars come from:

BMW's first major step into the world of electric cars came in 1972 with the 1602e.

The car was used at the 1972 Olympics in Munich. It led a pack of long-distance runners.

The electric car was optimal for this job because the lack of an internal combustion motor meant that the runners wouldn't have to inhale a ton of fumes.

The 1602e used 12 12 volt batteries. Combined, they weighed in at an alarming 771 lbs.

Because the car could only travel 37 miles on one charge, the overall project isn't considered to be a massive success.

In 1975, BMW started working on another secret project car. The LS Electric.

The LS Electric used 10 lead-acid batteries, had the ability to be charged fully in 14 hours, and even had a heated windshield and heated rear window.

But it only had a top speed of 40 MPH and a range of less than 19 miles.

That would cause a lot of range anxiety. 

An aging global population has numerous implications for what it means to retire. People are living longer, having fewer children, remaining in the workforce, transitioning careers later in life, etc. But there are some other key points I’d like to highlight based on research and conversations we’ve had with global experts:

1. Retirement today is about much more than money

That’s always been sort of true, but it’s even much truer now. Increased longevity has changed everything. In most ways, living longer is a boon. Who wouldn’t want an extra ten—or 20, or 30—years? But it presents new challenges. For instance, the issue of long-term care affects health, finance, technology and public policy in ways that can only be effectively addressed when all are approached in concert.

The experts have barely started to come together and think through all these challenges and how they interact. We at BlackRock are starting a conversation but we’re only in the beginning stages. One thing we do know: Our expertise in helping people save and invest, but we need to be thinking about many other issues, and working with other experts.

2. “Retirement” is outdated

The expectation that people should want (or be forced) to stop working at age 65 no longer makes sense in a world in which people live longer, live healthier as they age, and the ratio of old to young is considerable and growing. Yet as longevity has increased over the past century, we’ve tacitly tacked all the added years on at the end. Apart from the undesirability of making “old age” the longest phase of one’s life, it’s unrealistic to expect that most workers will be able save enough over the course of a 40-year working life to fund a possible 30-year (or longer) retirement.

There should be no hard boundary on where work ends and retirement begins. In particular, mandatory retirement ages at the employer level need to be re-thought and in most cases reconsidered. Instead, we need to think in terms of a new “life script” that allows for greater flexibility, time off or part time work mid-career, more opportunities for education and retraining across our life course, and “phased retirement” in which people reduce their hours, shift into less demanding roles, and so on, but do not abruptly leave the workforce at some pre-set (and arbitrary) age.

3. Longer lives require better savings habits

If you want any shot at a decent retirement, you’re going to have to save more. It’s just that simple. Defined benefit pension plans are in decline and aren’t coming back. Government programs like Social Security can help finance part—but by no means all—of tomorrow’s lengthy and expensive retirements. While the ultimate responsibility to save more is on participants, companies have a role to play, too.

While the financial services industry has long been skeptical that better communications can raise savings levels, we now know from several real-life examples that improved communications can work. We need to re-establish trust with potential investors who may avoid investing for retirement in the belief that the financial system and participating firms are rigged against them.

Common threads to building a connection are simplicity; direct, jargon-free language; and speaking to people in different ways depending on what stage they are at in life. For instance, it’s counterproductive to talk to young workers about “retirement,” a goal that seems to them impossibly distant. Language around “savings” works better. Older workers closer to retirement age respond well to messages that speak directly to their concerns about retirement. This will be a challenge for the financial services industry which, historically, has been technical, product-focused and accustomed to dealing with large institutions.

We take a look at 20 successful entrepreneurs — and where they worked as lowly interns (sometimes unpaid) before making it big. 

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1. Katia Beauchamp

2. Kayvon Beykpour

3. Neil Blumenthal

Science-fiction is arguably the best genre in the entire cinematic arena. It’s an incredibly flexible and encompassing field that allows writers, filmmakers, and actors to show off their creativity without being hampered by the confines of other genres. All sci-fi films can have elements of action, drama, romance, adventure, and mystery (with the best ones having a mixture of sub-genres) without blurring the lines; the same cannot always be said the other way around. In essence, science-fiction is a genre that offers something for everyone.

With that in mind, we’ve gone through the available sci-fi films that are currently streaming on Netflix to provide you with a range of movies for a variety of tastes. If you’re looking for something family-friendly to watch with the kids, or something action-packed to share with friends, or something unusual that you’ve never even heard of before, we’ve got you covered. We’ll update this list on the regular, so be sure to check back in as we rotate through the sci-fi films streaming on Netflix now!

"Blade Runner: Theatrical Cut"

Arguably one of the best examples of sci-fi cinema ever created, Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner adds a new character alongside Harrison Ford’s brash smuggler and stalwart archaeologist with the now-iconic neo-noir detective Rick Deckard. Playing the title character, a reluctant hunter of genetically engineered humans known as replicants, Ford turns in one of the most nuanced performances of his career. Deckard’s journey of self-discovery throughout the film is left just ambiguous enough to ignite fierce debate over his human vs. replicant identity to this day.

"Robinson Crusoe on Mars"

"V for Vendetta"

The summer movie season came out of the gate strong with the huge opening weekend for "Captain America: Civil War," the 5th biggest of all time.

Now the question is: Will any title catch up to it, or will the Avengers leave everyone else in the dust?

As more titles being to screen for press, we're getting a better sense of the movies that will dominate the summer.

In our latest ranking, we've compiled critical and fan reaction, plus available box office and projections, to figure out which movies are winning over audiences.

Read all summer movie power rankings.

SEE ALSO: 41 movies you have to see this summer

10. "The Shallows" (June 29)

On paper the movie sounds like a cousin of the campy "Sharknado" franchise, but Sony may have a hit on its hands if the trailer is any indication (which, by the way, has over 4 million views). 

Starring Blake Lively as a surfer in a beautiful, secluded cove who's suddenly attacked by a great white shark 200 yards from shore, the movie then follows her battle with the beast.

When the trailer hit the web May 4, it instantly became a trending topic on social media. 

It has the buzz. We'll see when it's released if there's a payoff.

Last Ranking: New This Week

9. “Ghostbusters” (July 15)

It looks like it's going to be an uphill climb for the "Ghostbusters" reboot leading up to its release. Just as initial bad reception to its trailer was fading, ScreenCrush ran a story saying that it's now the most disliked trailer ever on YouTube.

Just as a good trailer doesn't necessarily mean a good movie, the same goes for a bad trailer. But "Ghostbusters" isn't going to catch a break.

All that noise will be muted, though, if it turns out critics love the movie when they see it.

Last Ranking: 7th

8. “X-Men: Apocalypse” (May 27)

Depending on who you read, "X-Men: Apocalypse" is either an ambitious superhero movie that sets itself apart from the Marvel heap, or it's a big disappointment.

20th Century Fox's plan to take some of the wind out of the sails of "Civil War" by lifting the review embargo on "Apocalypse" right after the Marvel hit opened might have backfired. With only a 47% on Rotten Tomatoes, "Apocalypse" looks like another superhero movie that can't live up to the supremacy of Disney's releases in the genre.

We'll see if things improve in the next few weeks.

Last Ranking: 5th 

Warning: spoilers ahead for Sunday's episode of "Game of Thrones."

HBO's "Game of Thrones" gave fans a lot to talk about during Sunday's episode, titled "Oathbreaker."

All eyes were on Jon Snow (Kit Harington) as this episode followed the moment he woke from death on the previous episode. Though clearly reeling from the experience, Jon Snow had some unfinished business to attend to.

But there were other big returns on "Oathbreaker" that generated a lot of talk.

Social-media monitoring platform Brandwatch found more than 70,000 "Thrones"-related mentions on Twitter during the one-hour episode and identified the moments when conversation peaked.

Here are the five most talked-about moments from the latest "Game of Thrones" episode:

SEE ALSO: 5 important things you probably missed on this week's 'Game of Thrones'

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5. The Tower of Joy flashback. Bran Stark (Isaac Hempsted-Wright) sees his father, Ned (Robert Amarayo), turn to run into the legendary tower as someone wails inside.

9:23 p.m. ET - Nearly 1,300 mentions.

4. The return of Rickon Stark (Art Parkinson). After two seasons away, the young Stark is back, but being traded to the villainous Ramsay Bolton (Iwan Rheon).

9:50 p.m. ET - Nearly 1,500 mentions.

3. Let's get this show on the road! Fans rejoiced as the episode began.

9:04 p.m. ET - Nearly 1,700 mentions.

Yes, there isn't a moment to breathe between the ending of the spring television season and the beginning of the summer one. Welcome to year-round programming!

Summer used to be a time when fans could catch up on shows they missed via reruns, but we have streaming-TV services for that.

It also used to be a time when networks aired shows that wouldn't have a chance during the proper fall/spring schedules, but now summer shows like USA's "Mr. Robot" are getting Emmys.

From the premiere of "BrainDead" to the return of "Wayward Pines," these are the coolest picks for those hot months.

Here are the 22 new and returning summer shows we're most excited about:

SEE ALSO: RANKED: The 20 worst TV shows of 2016 so far, according to critics

DON'T MISS: Here are your favorite TV shows that are getting renewed for another season

"Chelsea" (Netflix), streams new episodes on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays

Netflix has said that these 30-minute episodes will mirror the documentary series Chelsea Handler did last year. We loved those documentaries and Handler always surprises us with her hilarious, pointed takes on the world.

"Preacher" (AMC), premieres Sunday, May 22 at 10 p.m.

From executive producers Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, and Sam Catlin, "Preacher" sounds like a hell of a good time. It's creating word of mouth with positive early reviews. Going from serious to campy at any moment, the show follows a deeply troubled preacher who finds himself taken over by something really powerful and ends up surrounded by some truly heavenly, hellish, and everywhere-in-between characters.

"Wayward Pines" season 2 (Fox), premieres Wednesday, May 25 at 9 p.m.

M. Night Shyamalan has burned us enough with his movies, so we prepared ourselves for ultimate annoyance with "Wayward Pines" during its first season. To our surprise, the series was a fun ride through a social experiment that didn't make you feel ridiculous for watching. We're absolutely looking forward to its continuation, this time with Jason Patric in the lead role.

Graduating from college and entering the job market is an exciting time – you’ll be given opportunities that you hadn’t had previously, like moving to a new city and figuring out how many times you can eat cereal for dinner in one month.

So what do the 1.85 million students projected to earn a bachelor’s degree in 2016 have waiting for them when they walk across that stage and into post-grad life?

We crunched the numbers to see what the median monthly rent for a 1-bedroom apartment across America is compared to the median entry-level salary in those cities (pulled from indeed.com) and (survey says!) there’s going to be a lot of cereal-for-dinner nights for many of our 2016 graduates.

SEE ALSO: How much money it takes to live comfortably in the 50 biggest US cities

Atlanta

On the lower end of the rent-to-salary spectrum, newbies in A-town can expect to spend about 36% of their $49,000/year entry-level salary on rent. Home to seven Fortune 100 companies (including The Coca-Cola Company, Home Depot, United Parcel Service, and AT&T Mobility),

Atlanta has seen job postings decline by only 3% over the last year, compared to a national decline of 32%. The city’s most dominant job market lies with the trade, transportation and utilities sector, which employs 530,000 people.

Check out listings in Atlanta.

Austin

There’s nothing weird about paying rent in Austin. The city has one of the best median rent costs in comparison to its entry-level salaries. Like its Georgia cousin, Austin residents entering the job market can expect to pay around 36% of their pre-tax salary on rent.

Ranked by WalletHub as the third best city to find a job in 2016, college grads can expect to find many job opportunities in the management, business and finance sectors, as well as in Austin’s growing tech market.

Check out listings in Austin.

Boston

With a $49,000/year entry-level salary, fresh-out-of-college Boston job seekers will be looking at 1-bedroom apartments costing around $2,300/month – 56% of their salary.

Over the last year, Boston job postings have declined 20%, not ideal but still better than the 32% decline of job postings nationally. The city’s economy is significantly powered by its colleges and universities, which contribute $4.8 billion annually, and attract 350,000 students per year.

Check out listings in Boston.

Every night that I'm alone in my apartment, I grab my laptop and start scrolling through my Facebook newsfeed.

My intention is to spend five minutes catching up on people's life achievements and pretty vacation photos — and then suddenly, it's an hour later.

Afterwards, I feel kind of blech. Like I just wasted a chunk of precious non-working time that I could instead have used to call a friend, or take a walk, or clean my bedroom. But the next night, it's the same deal.

I'm assuming (hoping?) you can relate, even if your blech isn't the Facebook newsfeed. Which is why I've put together a list of 10 strategies, recommended by experts and backed by science, to help us break bad habits and start better ones.

I plan to use some, if not all, of these techniques to break my late-night Facebook habit. But they can be equally helpful for those who want to quit biting their nails, or start flossing daily, or hit the gym regularly after work.

Read on to learn how to take control of your daily routines — and hey, wish me luck.

SEE ALSO: 9 habits everyone should master before turning 30

1. Start a new habit by figuring out what helped you succeed in the past

Instead of beating yourself up for your inability to commit to a new habit, try pinpointing the specific factors that will help you achieve your goal.

According to Gretchen Rubin, author of "Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives," one way to do that is to ask yourself: What was different then from now?

In other words, reflect on a time when you successfully changed your behavior in the past and figure out what you had then that you don’t have now.

For example, Rubin has a friend who used to work out regularly when she was on the track team in high school, but finds it difficult to make time for exercise now that she’s on her own.

Then, the friend had external expectations to meet — presumably, she had to show up to practices or else she'd get kicked off the team. Now, she's her own coach.

So it might be helpful for her to find a workout buddy or trainer.

The idea here is to set yourself up for success using your past achievements as your guide.

2. Start a new habit by finding opportunities for a 'fresh start'

There's a reason why the gym gets super crowded in early January and on Monday mornings.

Researchers call it the "fresh-start effect" to describe what happens when we seize on any opportunity to leave our old, lazy selves behind and become our new, ideal selves.

So if you're trying to start a fitness regimen, consider putting the plan in place on your birthday, or the first day of the month, or any other date that seems like a turning point. You'll likely see it as a chance to try again.

3. Break a bad habit through mindfulness

The problem with scrolling through Facebook or biting your nails is that it feels great in the moment, right?

Maybe not. According to research led by psychiatrist Judson Brewer, if you focus on how the bad behavior really feels, you might realize that it's not so pleasurable after all.

Brewer conducted a study in which he instructed smokers to smoke cigarettes mindfully, focusing on what it smelled and tasted like. Another group went through standard training on quitting smoking. Mindfulness proved twice as effective at helping people quit.

Brewer explains that mindfulness helps you observe your behavior — whether it's smoking or nail-biting — up close, without getting sucked into it. Over time, your disgust for the behavior could help you quit the habit for good.

How you communicate with others at work plays a big role in how you're perceived, your capacity to move projects forward, your ability to generate trust, and how quickly you advance in your career.

That's according to Lynn Taylor, a national workplace expert and the author of "Tame Your Terrible Office Tyrant: How to Manage Childish Boss Behavior and Thrive in Your Job."

"Your ability to articulate your thoughts and ideas well have a direct correlation to how well you garner cooperation and persuade others to support your efforts and projects," she says.

"The words you choose also convey your emotional intelligence."

Your verbal communications can make or break your relationship with your boss, team, clients, business partners, and your industry network. And if you use language that dumbs you down, you may be misunderstood by those around you at work, which can significantly hurt your ability to advance.

"A well-spoken person never goes out of style," says Taylor. "While it can be tempting to use shortcuts when speaking, go into slang mode, or just follow the crowd, you should try not to."

Using the following words and terms can chip away at your professional image, she says. "We're all capable of falling into these traps, but the trick is to catch yourself and avoid making them a habit."

Here are words and phrases we all use from time to time that may be dumbing us down:

SEE ALSO: 32 things you should never say to your boss

'Whatever'

"This is part of a 'set' or family that goes with 'Totally,' 'Like' and 'Um.' A family that no one wants to visit," says Taylor.

'!@%&$'

Avoid vulgar language and profanities at work. They're unprofessional and dumb you down.

"Having a trash mouth never got anyone promoted, and can get you into trouble at work. Save it for your ride home (unless you take mass transit)," Taylor writes.

'Literally'

"This makes you wonder how much productivity time in corporate America could be gained if this useless word could be 'literally' banished," she says.

Because my trip through the Goldman Sachs parking garage was so popular last year, I decided to do it again - spending five minutes (literally one lap) driving through the garage at Cheung Kong Center, home of Goldman Sachs Asia.

Bear in mind that most senior bankers in Asia are chauffeur driven, so this isn’t even the most ostentatious reflection of reality.

Wall Street critics might say, “Where are the customers’ cars?” But don’t worry — Jho Low isn’t going hungry either.

John LeFevre is the author of the New York Times bestselling book and Amazon Book of the Month, Straight To Hell: True Tales of Deviance, Debauchery, And Billion-Dollar Deals out this week on paperback.

Here are just a few of the highlights:

Porsche 911

This Porsche 911 GT3 RS starts at US$176,000 in the US, but in Hong Kong, it will set you back HK$3,100,000 or US$400,000.

We got parking problems

A failure to park in between the lines is a common theme.

Tim Leissner

I guess Tim Leissner hasn’t shipped all of his stuff to LA yet?

The American restaurant industry has a big food waste problem. A 2014 study by the Food Waste Reduction Alliance found that 84.3% of unused food in American restaurants ends up being disposed of, while 14.3% is recycled, and only 1.4% is donated.

Many restaurants and organizations have adopted the mission to end food waste, especially since so many people across the country suffer from a lack of access to high-quality food. One of those is Feedback, an environmental organization that has planned a number of campaigns to bring about global awareness of the issue. 

On May 10, Feedback hosted a food festival called "Feeding the 5,000", where executive chefs from three notable New York-based restaurants gave away 5,000 free meals made from leftover food. All of the ingredients used in the meals would have been tossed out otherwise. 

We got a chance to chat with Dan Barber, executive chef and co-owner of Michelin-starred restaurant Blue Hill, about his partnership with Feedback and Feeding the 5,000.

SEE ALSO: A professional chef hosted us for a gourmet meal in her own home — here's what it was like

According to an analysis by the Green Restaurant Association, a single restaurant can produce approximately 25,000 to 75,000 pounds of food waste in one year. Here, a Feedback volunteer plates a meal during the Feeding the 5,000 festival in New York City's Union Square.

Source: EndFoodWasteNow, Green Restaurant Association

A 2012 study by the Natural Resources Defense Council found that Americans throw away almost half of their food, amounting to $165 billion wasted annually.

Source: Huffington Post

Food waste is not just a problem in America, but across the globe. About 1.3 billion tons of food are wasted globally each year, and around 40% of that comes from restaurants.

Source: Restaurants.com

The stress, long hours, and sedentary nature of your modern office job are sucking the life out of you — literally.

And it's not just the tight deadlines, stress-eaten doughnuts, and sneezing coworkers that are doing you in. Even your keyboard can be out to get you. 

From the printer to your supervisor, the dangers presented in a typical office can have real effects on your physical well-being and mental health. Need a reason to overhaul your habits? Look no further.

Rachel Sugar, Vivian Giang, and Kim Bhasin contributed to earlier versions of this article. 

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Sitting all day could shave years off your life

Sitting for lengthy periods is terrible for your body. Aches and pains are the least of your problems — sitting too much can lead to an early death. You face a higher risk of muscular-skeletal disorders, obesity, diabetes, cancer, heart disease, and more, even if you work out regularly.

Around 86% of American workers sit all day at work. If you're one of them, Alan Hedge, a design and ergonomics professor at Cornell, recommends you change to positions every eight minutes, and take a two-minute "moving break" at least twice an hour. 

Regularly slouching in your chair can lead to long-term illnesses

If your job requires you to sit most of the day, it's best if you get a sitting device that allows you to straighten your poor posture. If not, you're "contributing to a pool of chronic, long-term ailments — including arthritis and bursitis."

Using a treadmill desk increases your chances of physically hurting yourself

Although a treadmill desk may help with the risk of obesity and heart disease, workers at these desks are also prone to increased typos and the desks might cause you to fall more often than merely sitting in a chair.

One of the world's biggest electronic dance festivals returned to New York this weekend. A wildly popular experience that started in Los Angeles and then moved to Las Vegas, Electric Daisy Carnival brought in over 79,000 visitors to New York's Citi Field Saturday and Sunday.

EDC is known for its whimsical themes: attendees dressed in bold costumes, rode a brightly-lit Ferris wheel and other carnival rides, and danced underneath a giant, stylized owl face that decorated the main stage. Each of the four stages, in fact, was a veritable light show — and, there were fireworks.

For legendary trance DJ Ferry Corsten, who's been in the business for over two decades and plays over 100 shows a year, EDC is still one of the biggest festivals around. This weekend, he brought his trance project Gouryella to the stage.

"What I like about EDC is that they always put a lot of effort into production," Corsten told Business Insider. "It's quite visual-driven."

Business Insider checked out the sprawling festival, where four stages hosted big-name DJs like Zedd, Kaskade, and Afrojack alongside up-and-comers like Alison Wonderland and Marshmello. As guests of Jägermeister, we got to have the full EDC experience. Tickets started at $119 for one day of access. 

Take a look at the weekend's adventure below.

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During the day, the festival was a riot of activity and spectacle.

Face and body painting were popular, and attractions like a ball pit and carnival rides kept partygoers entertained.

As electronic dance music (EDM) and the accompanying festivals have blown up over the past few years, the music has had a tendency to be "very much bro music for the dudes out there," Corsten said.

It doesn't take a lifetime to build a super-valuable company. As this list shows, it's possible to go from zero to $16 billion in valuation in under five years.

Business Insider analyzed Pitchbook data to find the startups based in the US who reached the $1 billion mark in that timeframe — in other words, the youngest crop of the "unicorn" companies.

Here are the 17 privately held startups that have created businesses worth more than a billion dollars in the past five years.

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Gusto: $1.07 billion

Founded in November 2011, Gusto is a cloud-based payroll system, formerly known as ZenPayroll.

Uptake Technologies: $1.10 billion

Former Groupon founder Brad Keywell started the secretive Chicago-based data-analytics startup in 2014.

Udacity: $1.10 billion

Udacity launched in February 2012 to provide free classes online. It has since teamed up with Georgia Tech to offer a master's program through the online education portal.