Warning: Spoilers ahead for "Game of Thrones" season six.

The upcoming fifth episode of "Game of Thrones" season six is "The Door," and HBO has just given fans a first look at what's to come.

From a new Red Priestess in Meereen to Bran in a scary vision, there's a lot to expect in Sunday's episode.

There's no sign of the Iron Islands in the photos, but the released preview promises the epic kingsmoot with the Greyjoys.

Scroll down for a look at the seven images released by HBO:

First, we have Bran Stark standing in front of the Night's King, the terrifying leader of the White Walkers.

Daenerys is with Daario — fully clothed and with her queenly hairdo intact. Where is she going to lead her new Dothraki horde? Back to Meereen?

New character alert! Notice her red dress and necklace? This is another Red Priestess, a follower of the Lord of Light just like Melisandre. We can't wait to hear what she tells Varys and Tyrion about the wars to come.

Calorie counts are everywhere we go these days.

Chain restaurants in New York (and soonacross the country) are required to display them, and although calorie counts are not the best measure for people trying to lose weight, they're one of the easiest ways to track how much you eat.

But how reliable are all those numbers?

Tech Insider's Kevin Reilly brought popular meals to Columbia University's Department of Medicine to find out, filming their bomb calorimeter as it calculated the exact number of calories in Big Macs, Chipotle burritos, and more. (Spoiler alert: There's a blender involved.)

Then he compared the results with what the restaurants had posted, and found that many of the official counts were way off.

Keep reading to see how your favorite chain stacked up (we saved those with the biggest discrepancies for last) and what the companies' responses to these findings were.

Starbucks Caramel Frappuccino: 7% fewer calories than posted

Olive Garden chicken Alfredo: 3% fewer calories than posted

KFC famous bowl: 1% fewer calories than posted

A former tanker explains what it’s like to go to war in a tank and where you take a dump when out on an operation.

World War II was arguably the heyday of tank warfare; however, tankers have continued to serve on the frontlines in the Global War on Terror, particularly during the early years of the Iraq War.

While infantry provides the boots on the ground for combat operations, armor, and in particular, tanks, bring the muscle.

In addition to the main gun, which is a devastating cannon that can level a city block with ease, the M1 Abrams boasts a host of other weapons, including a coaxial machine gun, the loader’s machine gun, and the tank commander’s .50-cal.

The Army’s M1 Abrams is typically crewed by four men: the driver, the gunner, the ammunition loader, and a tank commander. Because of the confined quarters of a tank, its crews are notoriously tight knit, and like any unit that spends endless hours together in a small space, they develop their own unit rituals, traditions, and have unique outlets for dealing with the day-to-day stressors of military life.

In 2006, while deployed to Forward Operating Base Rustamiyah, east of Baghdad, Iraq, Army Capt. Aaron Doft was in charge of 15 other soldiers and four M1A2 SEP tanks — SEP meaning systems enhancement package.

Task & Purpose spoke with Doft about what it’s like to have the awesome power of a tank at your fingertips and what exactly goes on inside while you’re out on a mission.

SEE ALSO: Step inside the cockpit of the legendary SR-71 Blackbird

What was the day-to-day life like for you guys as tankers, and how much time did you spend in the tanks?

Our daily missions varied fairly broadly. We had missions that were as short as four hours, where we’d leave the base and spend four hours in the tank, asserting our presence, or dissuading the enemy from performing any actions that would be harmful to American men or allied forces present. So that was the short end, which is four hours on patrol.

The longest mission we had where we were in the tanks for the duration of the mission was 36 hours.

Tell me what that’s like, 36 hours in a tank.

For that particular mission, it was a battalion-wide operation. So we had heavy infantry, light infantry, and we had tankers as well as ordnance disposal, working dogs, female engagement teams — it was the full spectrum of operations for this particular mission. But, the tanks for our part were on security.

A 36-hour mission does make bodily functions, and the difficulties they provide, really come into play. In these cases, we definitely carried more than enough, or I’ll say enough water and electrolyte drinks, and whenever we had to relieve ourselves we would of course use the empty containers for micturation and sometimes, MRE bags for defecation.

Yeah. Not to just focus on that, but I’ve got to ask: How do you guys keep cool and maintain the right attitude if some guy has to take a dump in an enclosed container with three other guys? Is it a point of humor, do you laugh it off?

It is. Whenever the actual defecation part came into play, it was a source of humor. Lots of jokes at the perpetrator’s expense. Usually involving comments about what he had eaten earlier that day, or the texture, perhaps of MREs, and the product, should we say.

What made it worse was inside the tank: The temperature inside the tank really really exacerbated the smell and increased the pressure. Because, I found out inside the tank, thermometers, the digital type, stop at 150 degrees.

Vice President Joe Biden is a self-proclaimed "genuine lover of ice cream."

"My name is Joe Biden and I love ice cream," the vice president said Wednesday during an Ohio event promoting the Obama administration's new overtime-pay rules.

There's even a Tumblr dedicated to the vice president's affinity for frozen dairy products. 

The good thing about being vice president is that you get to travel around quite a bit. And Biden has used this as an opportunity to visit a handful of ice-cream parlors.

Editor's note: Matthew Spieser contributed to an earlier version of this post.

SEE ALSO: Here's who will benefit the most from Obama's sweeping new overtime rules

Biden double-fisting cones outside Windmill Ice Cream Shop in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania.

Biden gets a mouthful of Salted Oreo and Cookie Monster ice cream at the Little Man Ice Cream Parlor in Denver.

Biden going to town on his vanilla-chocolate double scoop from Wolfie's Ice Cream Parlor in Winstom-Salem, North Carolina.

When it comes to wealth building, having a plan is the most important thing, but there are also a lot of little actions to make that will make a difference in the long run.

MagnifyMoney co-founder Nick Clements spent years working in banking before founding his own business, so he knows a thing or two about the process of building wealth.

The following are some steps he’s picked up over his 15-plus years of experience in the business that could help put you on the road to wealth today.

SEE ALSO: 4 secrets to building wealth in your 30s

Eliminate expensive credit card debt as quickly as possible

It’s impossible to build any real wealth with a mound of credit card debt hanging over your head. Consider a balance transfer to a 0% interest credit card that you pay off before you start accruing interest on it (here are some of the best ones on the market today) or look into a personal loan where the interest rate is better than that which you’re paying on your card (use this story to determine if a personal loan might be best for your situation). Getting out of debt quickly is the most important step you can take on the road to building your personal wealth.

Stop spending money on depreciating assets

Living within your means is one thing, but just because you can afford that fancy new Audi doesn’t necessarily mean you should. When it comes to purchases, some large-ticket items are worth it in the long run (see below), while others, like fancy cars, only depreciate the moment you purchase them. Think wisely before buying — if an item is only likely to significantly decrease in value, it’s probably not worth it.

Put as much of your money as you can into assets that will appreciate over time

On the other hand, throwing your money into things like the stock market or a great home is a good decision, since history shows us that these items tend to actually earn us money the longer we hold on to them. Putting your money into things that will help you build wealth while you sit back and watch it happen is one of the great secrets of the already wealthy.

Just make sure that you don’t take on too much leverage when you buy a generally appreciating asset, like a home. The people most negatively impacted by the 2008 crisis were forced to sell their homes at the bottom of the worst real estate market since the Depression.

In need of a change of scenery?

Hit the road in the direction of these charming towns—all a short drive (or ferry ride!) away from a major international city.

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Los Angeles to Catalina Island

We know, we know: California is a road tripper's paradise. But once in a while, it’s a good idea to ditch the wheels in favor of something more off-the-beaten track. Enter Catalina Island, the car-free island off the coast of SoCal. The rocky isle looks straight out of a Mediterranean postcard — red tiled roofs, parasol-lined beach clubs, ritzy casinos and harbors dotted with sailboats — despite being a mere hour ferry ride away from Long Beach. Once the set location for a number of Hollywood films (including Harry Houdini’s Terror Island), there’s enough history here to fill an entire weekend's worth of museum visits. Our advice? Check out the monuments, but leave time for a bike ride along the mountaintops or a scuba/snorkeling trip in Lover's Cove. Lunch is served on the breezy wraparound terrace at The Inn on Mt. Ada, the mansion that was once the home of chewing gum magnate, William Wrigley Jr.

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Lisbon to Alentejo

Lisbon’s food and wine scene is nothing short of legendary, and you could spend weeks sampling its diverse palate. But why not go straight to the source to Alentejo, the region best known as Portugal's gastronomic soul. You'll know you've arrived once you start passing "Sheep Xing" road signs and ripe meadows full of lemon, olive and fig trees. And while you'll want to jump out of the car and start exploring by foot, there are a few regional highlights you can't miss. L’AND Vineyards, a high-design resort set amid rivers and vines, has a Michelin-starred restaurant with a drool-worthy tasting menu (order the roasted merino lamb with date tangine and pepper-topped cockle panade). The nearby village of Évora has an abundance of alfresco terraces, where you can enjoy a glass of vino accompanied by views of crumbling ruins, rolling hills and whitewashed houses.

Mexico City to Tlaxcala

Mexico City is having a moment, thanks to its world-class museums, trendy boutiques and innovative culinary scene. In spite of these attractions, the city of 21 million people can be, well, overwhelming. Escape the crowds and head two hours west to Tlaxcala, the capital of Mexico’s smallest state. With a bucolic setting and a rich sense of history, the city provides a welcome respite from Mexico City’s madness. On your hit list? Museo de Arte de Tlaxcala, the city's contemporary art museum, and the eighteenth-century Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Ocotlán, a Spanish baroque-style church whose architecture alone is worth the steep hike up to its hilltop perch. Finish the day with regional, home-style cooking at the perennially-packed café, Fonda del Convento.

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Video games can be an incredibly expensive hobby.

Luckily, there are a ton of incredible games for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Wii U, and PC that are less than $20 right now!

"Super Mario 3D World"

"Super Mario 3D World" is one of the best games for Wii U — it offers the high-quality platforming fun that comes standard in almost every Nintendo product, with the added bonus of allowing up to four players to play together.

Unlike classic sidescrolling Mario titles, "Super Mario 3D World" boasts, as you might expect, fully  three-dimensional levels for you to explore.

Along the way, you'll pick up bizarre items that clone your character or turn you into a cat capable of scaling walls and pouncing on enemies.

Platform: Wii U

Buy it on Amazon.

"Final Fantasy X|X-2 HD Remaster"

Getting either "Final Fantasy X" or "Final Fantasy X-2" on their own for less than $20 would be a steal, but you can get the remastered versions of both together for an incredible price right now.

Both games are excellent, offering massive and epic storylines. And with their updated graphics and sound, they look absolutely gorgeous.

Platform: PS4

Buy it on Amazon.

"Minecraft"

"Minecraft" is one of those video game staples that everyone needs to own — it provides a giant open sandbox in which to play, create, and explore.

Rather than give players strict gameplay objectives, the point of "Minecraft" is to build your own worlds. It's kind of like a video game version of LEGO.

If you want to learn more about "Minecraft," check out Ben Gilbert's excellent article on what makes this modern classic so special.

Platforms: XB1, PS4, PC

Buy it on Amazon.

If you think the biggest advantage of a future Hyperloop system is getting to your destination faster, think again.

Sure, the Hyperloop system is both energy and time efficient, but that efficiency translates to an even bigger social and economic impact. 

Here's a look at five ways the Hyperloop could change how we live, according to the founders of the startup Hyperloop One. 

People will have more time, allowing them to be more productive.

The Hyperloop could give you back some of your precious time. 

As the graphic above shows, current forms of travel not only take longer in transit, but also require more time waiting around.

Brogan BamBrogan, Hyperloop One's chief technology officer and co-founder, told Tech Insider that the Hyperloop system will cut out a lot of the time consuming parts of traveling, like trekking to the airport and waiting in long ticket and baggage lines.

This is because Hyperloop stations will be built in city centers and will include technologies that make loading and unloading passengers extremely easy.  

“As we move forward, there’s going to be autonomous ticketing systems and you’re going to have an absolute elevator experience that is going to seamlessly deliver you to your destination,” BamBrogan said. 

He also said that passenger pods will be comfortable and passengers will get to keep their luggage with them at all times. 

Cargo could ship faster and more efficiently.

Using a Hyperloop system to help transport freight could help port terminals become a lot more productive by quickly moving containers inland to intermodal sites, BamBrogan said during a company presentation last week in Las Vegas. 

This would also help decrease traffic congestion in port cities caused by shipping trucks. 

More shoreline could be opened up for human use.

The Hyperloop could even help clear our shoreline from massive port terminals. 

The Hyperloop could be built underwater to connect with an offshore port, allowing for the shoreline to be freed up for human use, BamBrogan said during his presentation. 

What's more, because the Hyperloop is built on pylons it takes up less space than a train track or a highway, allowing for the system to more naturally integrate into the surrounding landscape.

"That's a really big part of our mission as well, to give back the landscape to those who want to use it," BamBrogan said. 

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has been tasked with building breakthrough technologies for the US military since 1958, and plenty were on full display at the Pentagon last week.

Tech Insider went to DARPA's "Demo Day" on May 11 where more than 60 projects were shown to reporters, senior military leaders, and government contractors. We saw everything from underwater drones that autonomously search for enemy submarines to a game-changing prosthetic hand that looks like it's straight out of "Terminator 2."

There was a ton for us to see in the Pentagon's courtyard, but these are the ones we thought were most interesting.

Many of the staples of modern technology we take for granted have roots at DARPA, the military's research and development arm.

Things like GPS, many of the components of basic computing such as the mouse and graphical user interface, and the Internet, all originated with DARPA projects.

Source: TI

Which is why it's particularly exciting to see what DARPA is working on next, and wonder which project will eventually move from the military to civilian use.

Can you remember the first time you spoke in front of a group? 

My own "first" happened in front of 30 people. My hands were shaking, my legs trembling. “G-g-g-g-good morning everyone. Today I will talk about …”

Related: Is This Your Year to Speak — and Get Paid?

After that failure, I did whatever it took to overcome my fear of public speaking. I read books on presentations. I watched TED talks. I worked with public speaking coaches.

Fast-forward a few months, to when I spoke in front of 200 people. I was still nervous about public speaking but I knew the audience wanted me to succeed. So, instead of focusing on my own fears, I focused on serving my audience. And in that way I became a confident speaker. 

I’ve since discovered three simple steps to becoming a confident speaker, and created the "Expressive Leader System." I teach these steps to thousands of business leaders, helping them to speak with confidence and make a bigger impact.

SEE ALSO: 100 podcasts that will make you smarter and more successful

1. Prepare.

While preparing for my speech, I was at a loss about what I should say. Hall of Fame speaker Patricia Fripp later asked me, “If you could have one sentence instead of the entire talk, what would you say?”

My message was, “Go for your dreams and never give up.” Using that as a guide, I came up with personal stories that people could relate to. In just minutes, I wrote an entire memorable speech. 

The takeaway: Create a clear overall message so you know exactly what to say.

Related: 5 Easy Ways to Become a Better Public Speaker — Fast

2. Practice, with a coach.

Practice doesn’t always make perfect. But practice augmented by coaching will help you greatly improve. I wanted to have a powerful voice, so I worked with celebrity voice coach Roger Love. He has a track record of having worked with successful entrepreneurs, including Tony Robbins and Suze Orman. 

So, with Love's help, I learned to do voice exercises before speaking, to warm up my voice. The more I practiced, the more confident I became. I now have a powerful voice. 

The takeaway: If you want to practice public speaking more effectively, get coaching.

3. Perform.

Confident speakers are performers. They express ideas effectively and confidently. 

I once had to speak in front of a group of CEOs over age 50. I worried that they might say, “You’re too young. You’re not qualified to speak here.” And then I remembered what Richard Branson had taught me: “Picture you’re talking to friends in the living room.” 

I arrived at the venue early. I talked to audience members: “Hi, I’m Jonathan, it’s good to meet you.” Once I was on stage, people no longer thought of me as a stranger. I was a friend. 

After the talk, people said, “Jonathan, I liked your talk. Can you be my public speaking coach?” 

The takeaway: Picture yourself talking to friends in your living room, so you will be more relaxed and in control.

Recipes don't need to be long to be delicious.

A few people on Twitter have taken it upon themselves to boil food recipes down to 140 characters or less.

Sometimes appropriately tagged #140characterrecipes or #recipetweet, they come from users ranging from the culinary blog Food52 to a home cook named Maureen Evans.

Check out the recipes below.

Granita, an Italian frozen treat.

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Mix 1 c red wine, 1/4 c water, 3 T sugar on a rimmed baking tray. Place in freezer: granita. #140characterrecipespic.twitter.com/af4Ab24DVk

Lemon fish.

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Sea bream w olive oil, pink rock salt and pepper+lemon, basil & fresh garlic. Bake at 180'C for about 40 min. Enjoy😊 pic.twitter.com/rfV9ApGNQN

Roasted purple carrots.

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Roast purple carrots & haricots w evoo s&p, garlic fresh chilies 425 15 to 20 min. Toss w sriracha ketchup carrot pic.twitter.com/2vWf8I9tUE

Unlike Apple, Google doesn't keep its latest innovations a secret before they're officially released.

At the Google I/O event on Wednesday, Google announced a few more features in Android N, the latest yet-to-be-released mobile operating system, on top of the features we already knew about.

Most of the new features are smaller, but they make a big impact on how you'll use your Android phones.

Here are all the Android N features you need to know about:

It's more streamlined and efficient so that games and general performance are better.

Apps will install extremely quickly and they'll take up less storage than they do now.

Apps you haven't used in a while will close automatically in the Recents menu, which makes it less cluttered.

The current generation Rolls-Royce Phantom is going away, but not before one final ultra-luxurious special edition is flaunted. 

To officially send the seventh generation Phantom to the grave, Rolls-Royce is producing the last 50 cars as special "Zenith Collection" edition cars.

Though Rolls-Royce said in a press release that all 50 cars have already been "commissioned," the company still provided us with several drool-worthy images so that the rest of the world can see just how lucky those 50 Rolls-lovers are.

Brace yourself.

Each Zenith Collection Phantom comes with an actual piece of the car's Goodwood assembly line hidden inside the center drawer.

And there's a map to remind you of the car's birthplace.

How about that brushed steel?

During the keynote of its three-day developers' conference, Google CEO Sundar Pichai focused on Google's plans to bake artificial intelligence and machine learning more thoroughly into all of its services.

In that vein, the company also unveiled a bunch of new products, including two messaging apps and a smart speaker.

Here's what caught our eye:

SEE ALSO: Google has caught up to Facebook in a key area

The coolest thing Google announced was Home, a smart speaker similar to Amazon's Echo.

You'll be able to ask Home general questions through search or get tailored info like local weather or what the traffic is like on your route to work. It can also play music and integrate with other smart-home devices, like Google's Nest thermostats.

The device won't start shipping until later this year, and its price is still unknown.

Google thinks Home will be smarter than Echo, though, thanks to another new product it announced: a conversational chat bot called Google Assistant that leverages all of the company's skills in machine learning, artificial intelligence, and natural-language processing.

Assistant will work across all of a user's devices to have an "ongoing two-way dialogue with Google."

It's like an amped-up version of the company's previous virtual assistant, Google Now, that will pull information seamlessly with other Google services like Search, Maps, and YouTube.

Assistant also powers Allo, a new smart-messaging app that Google says will learn about you as you use it.

The app can tie to your phone number or Google account, and it looks like Facebook Messenger with the ability to share stickers and photos.

What sets Allo apart, though, is its ability to serve up "smart replies" and let you chat with Assistant. For example, if your friend sends you a picture of their pup, Allo could auto-suggest the response "cute dog!" and you could call up local restaurant suggestions just by chatting "@google."

Google held its big annual I/O event on Wednesday to show fans and developers alike what it's been up to in the last year.

During the event, Google announced updates and improvements to existing products and services, and introduced brand new ones.

Here's everything Google announced at I/O 2016.

Google Assistant will let you "talk" to Google as if it was your own assistant.

Google Assistant is basically a way to use Google as if it was a personal assistant.

Leveraging the power of artificial intelligence and Google search, you can ask questions, give commands, and basically have a conversation. 

Part of what makes it look exciting is that it can understand your natural conversational way of speaking. That means you don't need to learn a new set of commands to make it do what you want it to.

Google Home could be a competitor to Amazon's successful Echo.

Google Home is a voice-controlled speaker hub that wants to control your connected smart home devices, like smart lights and Google's own Nest thermostat.

What's special about it? It uses Google Assistant, which is like having the power of Google in a tiny, stationary butler. 

Apart from controlling your smart home, Google Home and Google assistant will let you search the web, play music, control your Chromecast, and basically help you do anything you do over the internet by simply using your voice.

Google unveiled a new messaging app called Allo.

Google's new Allo smart messaging app is much more than a regular messaging app. 

It learns over time the way you communicate textually with people, and it'll make suggestions for your next short reply to a message so you don't have to type.

Within Allo, you'll be able to search Google and do basic things like make restaurant reservations. It's also fully encrypted and has its own incognito mode.

Google is known for pursuing moonshot projects. 

From self-driving cars to drone delivery, the tech giant always seems to have a futuristic project in the works. So we decided to dig through a bunch of the company's patent filings to see what big ideas the company may pursue next.

Now, it's always important to take patents with a grain of salt. Many times a company will file a patent for a device that will never see the light of day. 

However, we stumbled across some pretty wacky patents that we just had to share.

Some are cool, some are creepy, but they are all pretty zany. Take a look: 

SEE ALSO: Here are the most exciting things Google announced at its giant conference

There's a patent for a smart, and somewhat creepy, teddy bear.

The bear comes with speakers, cameras, and microphones so it can listen to your conversations and watch your movements. Presumably, this would be used to watch little kids from afar as a parent, but Google hasn't discussed the intention behind the patent filed in 2012.

And one for a procedure that could give people bionic eyes.

Google filed a patent in 2014 for a device that could correct vision without needing to use contacts or glasses everyday. The person would have to undergo a surgical procedure that would allow a doctor to insert an "intra-ocular device" to the lens capsule for it to work though.

On that note, there's another contact lens patent — this one would run on solar power.

The solar-powered contact lenses would collect health data like glucose levels and internal body temperature. The lenses could even come with special capabilities like the ability to read information in bar codes. The patent was filed in 2012.

If you're staying in the Hamptons for a month, the best way to go is the Sandcastle estate in Bridgehampton, New York.

With 31,000 square feet of insane amenities — like a movie theater, bowling alley, walk-in refrigerator, wine room, climbing wall, basketball court, private gym, and spa — it's highly unlikely you could ever get bored. 

All that doesn't come cheap, however: the mansion is listed for rental at the cost of $1 million a month, or $500,000 for a shorter term.

It was built by legendary Hamptons home builder Joe Farrell, and was offered for sale as recently as 2013, according to the Real Deal. Though Farrell received his $43.5 million ask, he ultimately decided not to sell the house so that his family could make use of it, which he told The New York Post was a "very tough decision."

It regularly draws celebrity renters, including Jay Z and Beyonce, who reportedly paid $400,000 to stay in the house for a month in 2012.

Gary DePersia at Corcoran has the rental listing.

Julie Zeveloff and Callie Bost contributed to an earlier version of this story.

SEE ALSO: Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel and model Miranda Kerr just bought a $12 million house together

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The Sandcastle sits on 11.5 acres on swanky Halsey Lane in Bridgehampton, New York.

It has about 31,000 square feet of living space.

Here's the formal living room, complete with an intricate ceiling design and fluffy pillows.

Humans are a pretty resilient bunch. That is, until we hop inside cars, trains, planes, and other machines that can maim or kill us just by stopping too quickly.

Thankfully, one man figured out the limits of deceleration and acceleration on the body: United States Air Force Colonel Dr. John Stapp.

Stapp was a flight surgeon and biophysicist who conducted groundbreaking research on how much G-force people can withstand as it launches into space atop a rocket, streaks across the sky in a jet, or explosively jettisons out of a cockpit via an ejector seat. (1G is equivalent to gravity at Earth's surface; 2G of force makes you feel twice as heavy.)

And without the advanced crash test dummies we have today, Stapp took matters into his own hands, strapping himself to a rocket-propelled sled and subjecting his body to terrifying physics.

Stapp's contributions improved aircraft safety and led to the development of seat belts in cars.

Here's his incredible story.

Dr. John Stapp earned both a PhD in biophysics and a medical degree before joining the pre-Air Force Army Air Corps in 1944. He researched oxygen systems in unpressurized planes, working to protect pilots from "the bends" at high altitudes.

But his life took a turn in 1947, right before Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier (670 mph at 45,000 feet). Aircraft were getting much faster, but the effects of enormous forces exerted on pilots at higher and higher speeds was still largely unknown.

So Colonel Stapp volunteered to study the effects of high G forces on the human body as it rapidly decelerates, simulating crashes with rocket sleds capable of reaching brain-melting speeds.

As my husband and I prepare for our first child's arrival in August, one question consistently repeats itself in my mind (okay I have a lot of questions, but this is definitely a big one!): How can we raise a child who isn't spoiled.

There's a fine balance between loving and providing for your child and making sure that your child understands the value of hard work and what it means to earn money and not be handed things.

When it comes to spoiled kids, Neale Godfrey, CEO and President of Green$treet Commons, Inc. and creator of children's financial apps GreenStreets: Shmootz Happens! says it all boils down to the 'I want syndrome.' "It's where kids ask for something, and parents think 'What's the big deal?' and just give it to them," she explained. "It might not be a big deal when they're little, but as your kid grows older and they don't understand how money works, that's a big deal."

So, what's a well-meaning parent to do? Godfrey suggests taking the following steps to avoid raising a spoiled child.

SEE ALSO: 7 money basics to teach your kids in elementary school if you want them to grow up to be rich

Step 1: Don't make money a secret in the house

Often parents try to shield their kids from the financial goings-on of the household because they don't want to scare their kids or, even worse, they just don't think their kids need to know. "Money becomes the biggest secret," says Godfrey. "Kids don't see us earning it, so what you want to do is make it visible."

How to do it: You can do that by having an open dialogue about money and explaining that the only way people get money in the real world is to earn it — there is no entitlement program. Step one should be coupled with the following to make the biggest impact …

Step 2: Put your kids on an allowance

Instead of dishing out every time your kid wants something, help her learn the value of budgeting and saving for what she really wants by providing an allowance.

How to do it: When it comes to chores, Godfrey suggests breaking them up into two separate categories: the citizen of the house chores (or those that they do simply because they're members of a house) that they will not get paid for, like cleaning their room, and then the larger project chores (like cleaning out the garage or attic) that they can perform to earn a little extra cash when they need it.

Keep chores age appropriate (three-year-olds can put napkins on the table for dinner and help you with safe tasks in the kitchen, for example), and Godfrey suggest paying kids the equivalent of their age each week. "You don't want them to have too much or too little money," she said.

Step 3: Budget their allowance with them

Now that your kid has money, he shouldn't be allowed to blow it all in one place. "Teach your kid that budgeting is the habit of what we do with our money," said Godfrey.

How to do it: For little kids, Godfrey suggests using four clear plastic jars labeled with what the money will be going towards in each. The first can be for charity, and 10% of their allowance can go in there.

After that's done, divide the remaining money into thirds, with 1/3 going each into a jar for quick cash (for things they want right now!), medium-term savings (things they'll need to save a little bit of money for) and long-term savings (like colleges or for their future). "Your kid will not understand the concept of long-term savings when he's young," said Godfrey. "But at around 10 you can go with your child and open an investment account with them so they can start learning what it's about and how to use it."

The "dark web" is a hidden corner of the internet that is the home to many things people want to keep in the shadows: drugs, counterfeits, stolen items, and so on. But there are also far stranger elements.

A popular thread on Reddit once asked the simple question, "What's your Deep Web story?" In other words, the Reddit user was asking people to share any weird experiences they had encountered while using anonymous web services to access secret websites.

Services like Tor, which mask a user's identity and let them browse the internet anonymously, give access to a slew of websites known as the Dark Web (or Deep Web). These sites won't work on a "normal" web browser like Google Chrome. 

Silk Road is the prototypical example of a Dark Web site, a now closed black market for goods, whose notorious founder is now in prison.

Silk Road is closed, but what else is out there? Here are some of the bizarre and creepy things you can stumble on when accessing the dark underbelly of the web, as told by the people who actually experienced them.

The post is based on a previous post by Cale Guthrie Weissman.

SEE ALSO: How to access the Dark Web, where all sorts of illegal stuff goes down online

What things can you buy?

One of the main reasons people use the Dark Web is to buy goods they want to keep hidden. But how weird do these get? Some users have some pretty bizarre tales ...

For the DIY surgeon ...

Sometimes you can find the everyday things on the Dark Web. But what makes it "illicit" is how you market it. Take this (very gross) example of something for sale on Silk Road:

DIY vasectomy kit on SR. it was a kit of weird dentist tool looking hooks and some tube thing. $20.

A digital zoo.

Sometimes you may need something specific and you have nowhere else to turn. If that's the case watch out for a steep price tag. This Redditor explains:

A few years ago I went searching for rhino horn for a story, one guy said he had a couple of whole horns he'd sell for six figures. I had to pass.