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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The World Wealth Report 2015 has determined that a “strong economic and equity market performance helped create nearly a million (920,000) new millionaires globally in 2014.”

That trend is likely to continue in the foreseeable future, but do you, the average person reading this post, have a chance to join this exclusive club?

Absolutely.

And, here are eight ordinary people who have accomplished this feat.

Related: How to Become a Millionaire in Under 5 Years

SEE ALSO: 9 things to do in your 20s to become a millionaire by 30

1. Alicia Shaffer sold products on Etsy.

Alicia Shaffer, your average mother-of-three, was able to successfully turn her hobby into a million-dollar business. The California resident began selling her knitted wares and handmade goods on Etsy in 2011 and in under three years she was averaging $80,000 a month. Her Etsy marketplace, which is called ThreeBirdNest, receives more than 150 orders per day.

2. Johnny Ward started a travel blog.

Johnny Ward came from a single-parent family in Ireland. His family didn’t have enough money to travel when he was younger, but after visiting the U.S. and Thailand following graduation, Ward was bitten by the travel bug and began blogging about his adventures -- which has since made him a millionaire.

Ward has said: “I have a popular travel blog which generates a normal Western income through ads and affiliate commissions, in which I get a cut if one of my readers clicks through a link and makes a purchase, and I could live from that if I had to. However, having learned about SEO [search engine optimization], online marketing, corporate blogging, content creation and social-media management, as my blog grew more and more popular, I used my new skills to found a digital-media company which manages all those aspects of a company’s online presence. Now I have a team of people who manage that for clients around the world.”

3. Sara Blakely invented Spanx.

Sara Blakely was an average fax machine sales person with just $5,000 in her savings account. One day, while getting ready for a party, she cut the feet out of a pair of pantyhose so that she could wear a pair of pants more comfortably. Blakely knew she was on to something special and worked tirelessly to make her invention a reality.

After being rejected by a number of hosiery mills, she found one that was willingly to take a risk on her idea. Today, Spanx is a multi-million dollar company.

For Austinites, tacos are serious business.

Taco stands, trucks, and restaurants permeate the city; it's rare to walk a few blocks around Austin, Texas, without seeing a "BREAKFAST TACOS" or "CARNITAS" sign.

With so many vendors, the competition is fierce. And judgment day comes often — the city hosts at least ten taco competitions every year.

The result is some of the most mouthwatering creations you can imagine. Here are our favorites.

The Migas — Veracruz All-Natural

This taco is consistently voted one of the breakfast tacos in Austin. The recipe is simple: eggs, tortilla chips, avocado, pico de gallo and cheese. But the handmade tortillas, fresh ingredients, and infinite salsa options make this taco phenomenal.

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Chorizo & Egg — Taco More

"These breakfast tacos cured my cancer. Just kidding. But they helped my massive hangover and they're insanely good. The chorizo and egg is the best. Ughhh just eat here already."— Yelp user Nichole A.

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Brisket — Valentina's Tex Mex BBQ

This taco trailer serves three smoked meats: pork carnitas, beef fajitas, and brisket. They’re all phenomenal, but the brisket is especially moist, smoky, lush with well-rendered fat. The brisket is pulled like pork, then served in a homemade, grilled flour tortilla. Guacamole and serrano-tomato are the perfect toppings.

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The single-aisle airliner market is getting more crowded. Although the Boeing 737MAX and the Airbus A320neo are by far the most dominant offerings in the segment, a host of new competitors have thrown their hats into the ring in the past year.

Now Russia's United Aircraft Corp. has introduced its new entrant: the Irkut MC-21. The MC-21 has been teased for several years. On Wednesday, UAC finally unveiled the production variant of the airliner in a ceremony at the plane's Irkutsk factory. The event was attended by such dignitaries as Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

In addition to the Russians, China's Comac has rolled out the C919, Brazil's Embraer has introduced the E-Jet E2, Japan's Mitsubishi introduced its new Regional Jet, and Canada's Bombardier C Series is set to enter service in July.

United Aircraft Corp. was formed 2006 and is aimed to increase the competitiveness of Russia's aviation industry internationally. The company comprises some of the great names in Russian aviation, including MiG, Sukhoi, Ilyushin, Yakovlev, and Tupolev.

Irkut is a lesser-known company, but with the introduction of the MC-21, it's set to make a name for itself on the global stage.

SEE ALSO: United Airlines is fighting back against competition with a new service

The Irkut MC-21 is the first built-from-scratch Russian airliner to enter the medium-haul market in more than 20 years.

So far, Irkut has 175 firm orders for the MC-21.

Source: Airways News

The MC-21 will be available in two versions.

iMessage is easily one of Apple's most popular services.

Introduced in 2011 as one of the standout features in iOS 5, iMessage lets people send texts, photos, videos and more for free — as long as this communication is performed from one Apple device (iPhone, iPad, etc.) to another. Otherwise, it's just another way to send standard SMS/MMS messages.

According to Apple's services chief Eddy Cue, people send as many as 200,000 iMessages every second. That's a pretty insane statistic.

And yet, despite being one of Apple's most popular services, iMessage has hardly changed over the past five years. Its biggest change came in 2013, when Apple redesigned its entire mobile operating system with iOS 7, but that was mostly a visual overhaul.

Next week, Apple will introduce the next version of iOS, presumably called iOS 10. Considering the popularity of messaging apps right now, from Messenger to Snapchat to WhatsApp and more, I hope iMessage gets an upgrade. Here's what I had in mind.

SEE ALSO: Meet 12 of Uber's first employees — 3 are now billionaires

Emojis and GIFs without searching for them!

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I love Slack. I use the messaging service every single day for work.

One of my favorite features of Slack is the ability to include emojis and GIFs simply by typing — no need to search through a different keyboard or app.

For emojis, you can just start typing whatever emoji you're looking for inside a pair of colons, so if you type :smile: it'll automatically create the smiling emoji.

For GIFs, Slack has an integration with Giphy so you can type "/giphy (insert GIF description here)" and it'll automatically send a GIF fitting that description.

These built-in functions might seem minor but they make a big difference to the overall user experience. It makes it easier to react through emojis or GIFs in the moment, without ever needing to leave the app. iMessage could easily add similar integrations.

The ability to "star," or "favorite" the conversations that matter to you most.

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This is another feature Slack already has that iMessage should have.

Since everyone at Tech Insider uses Slack, there are tons of channels dedicated to everything you can think of: Individual verticals for each subsection, channels dedicated to giving "props" to fellow colleagues who do good work, channels for just editors, etc. Add those group conversations to the individual direct messages, or private conversations you'll have in Slack, and you might feel a bit overwhelmed.

But when I open Slack, I don't feel overwhelmed with the number of conversations and channels I'm in because Slack lets you save your "starred," or favorite/most used channels, which are presented at the very top of the app so they're always easy to find. So even if you're involved in hundreds of different conversations, you can always find the channels that matter most.

This would be a great feature in iMessage, especially since the only way your messages get sorted is by recency. I would love to "star" conversations with my girlfriend and family members, for example, so it's always easy to find them later at a glance.

The ability to pay people using Apple Pay.

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It's become incredibly easy to pay friends and loved ones back for stuff like groceries, rent, taxi rides or restaurant bills. Venmo is one of my most-used apps: My girlfriend and I constantly Venmo each other for all of the above reasons.

There are other similar services on PayPal and even Snapchat. But it would be super easy to port all of these features into iMessage.

How great would it be to simply send, receive or request money over iMessage? Apple already has a fully encrypted system for payments, Apple Pay, which is protected by your unique fingerprint and/or a four- or six-digit code to charge your credit or debit card on file. Adding Apple Pay to iMessage would take little effort on Apple's part, and it would make peer-to-peer payments so much better. This way I wouldn't have to download and use a separate app just for this one function.

Death isn’t cool. It can happen anytime, anywhere to anyone. And it doesn’t wait around for you to cross those last few items off your bucket list before dragging you unceremoniously to that great, big junkyard in the sky.

But what if death wasn’t the end? What if there was a way to use your lifeless remains to orbit the Earth. Or become, say, a fireworks display. Or a paperweight.

Here are some of the craziest ways you can use death as an opportunity to become something awesome.

SEE ALSO: 7 unusual and fascinating funeral traditions around the world

DON'T MISS: This biodegradable urn turns you into a tree after you die

Death is no fun. But shooting stuff can be. If you sacrifice just one pound of your ashes, Holy Smoke will fill 250 bullets for your loved ones to do gosh knows what with. If the recipient is a sharp-enough shooter, maybe you’ll have a few furry friends to join you in the afterlife.

The only thing better than jamming out to that perfect tune is jamming out to that perfect tune on a record pressed with the ashes of a loved one. Vinyly will press your ashes into your favorite record so you can live forever in the song of your choosing. You can even record your own audio if you want. Or, if you’re feeling a little creepy, you can leave the record blank, so when the needle drops, nothing but pops and crackles of your cremated remains will fill the room.

Death (and $12,500) might just buy you a ticket into space. A program called Celestis will hitch your ashes to a space shuttle and launch them into the great beyond. If you want, you can take a short trip into space before returning back to Earth. Or, you can book a one-way ticket and spend the rest of your (infinite) days floating in deep space, orbiting the Earth, or even hanging out on the surface of the moon.

Stephen Curry is arguably the greatest basketball player in the world right now.

While it is not unusual for an all-time great to slip past the first pick in the NBA draft, it is strange to see a talent like Curry not be drafted until six other players have come off the board.

Below, we take a look at the six teams that passed on Curry, who they chose instead, and where those players are now.

1. Blake Griffin, Los Angeles Clippers

Position: Power forward

All-Star games: 5

All-NBA team: 2nd team (three times), 3rd team (one time)

Championships: 0

What was said at the time: "Griffin has some holes. He'll be beat defensively. He isn't the sturdiest in the low post, as he tends to fall to his left or right when he should be jumping straight up for jump hooks. The same glitch hurts his jump shot. He isn't 7-feet tall, either. And that's about it. The guy is a stud." —Kelly Dwyer of Yahoo Sports

Where he is now: Not all of the picks ahead of Curry were busts. In fact, there are a couple that can be argued were not mistakes at all, including Griffin, a perennial All-Star on a championship contender.

2. Hasheem Thabeet, Memphis Grizzlies

Position: Center

All-Star games: 0

All-NBA team: 0

Championships: 0

What was said at the time: "I am not a huge fan of Thabeet but understand why the Grizzlies went that way. Ricky Rubio wasn't cooperating, and Thabeet can help the Grizzlies, who needed a big, athletic shot-blocker. He is limited offensively, but he can change the game on defense." —Chad Ford of ESPN.com

Where he is now: Thabeet played for four NBA teams in five years, and that doesn't even include his two stints in the D-League. Out of the NBA completely during the 2014-15 season, Thabeet played in the D-League and was last seen being ejected from a Summer League game.

3. James Harden, Oklahoma City Thunder

Position: Shooting guard

All-Star games: 3

All-NBA team: 1st team (two times), 3rd team (one time)

Championships: 0

What was said at the time: "While I thought the Thunder might be able to use Ricky Rubio as a trade asset, if nothing else, it's hard to fault Sam Presti. Harden is a better fit in the backcourt with Russell Westbrook." —Chad Ford of ESPN.com

Where he is now: After being traded to Houston, Harden has thrived in the Rockets' offense, which emphasizes three-pointers and driving to the basket. Harden finished second in the MVP voting for the 2014-15 season.

Even though parts of the country are still freezing, now is the time to start planning your summer vacation.

And where better to go than Disneyland in sunny Anaheim, California?

But no matter what time of year you're traveling, tickets to the acclaimed Disney park can get extremely expensive.

Luckily Gavin Doyle, the 17-year-old who founded the website Disney Dose, has another site dedicated to saving money at the Disney Parks called MickeyVisit.com.

From when to book your hotel to how to get a free sundae, here are his best money-saving tips.

SEE ALSO: 12 tricks to save money on groceries, from a woman who wiped out almost $24,000 in debt

Pick up a Disneyland button at City Hall for your birthday, anniversary, or if it’s your first visit at the park. Cast members will congratulate you and you’ll get free ice cream sundaes.

Bring your own breakfast and lunch to the park. It will not only save you money, but while everyone else is standing in line for food, you'll be taking advantage of shorter lines from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

See more of Doyle’s Disneyland restaurant advice here.

Buy your tickets for the off-season. January through the beginning of May will be significantly less crowded and more affordable than peak times like June through August and December.

See a full calendar of the best and worst times to go to Disneyland here.

Whether you’re looking for a new job or just wanting to move up in your current career, there are loads of books filled with advice to help you out.

Even though there are plenty of newer reads, sometimes you just can’t beat the classics.

Here’s a roundup of six old-school career books.

Yes, your parents may have read them, too; but the advice is so legendary — and useful — they’re still worth downloading today:

SEE ALSO: How to spot bad business books

1. 'The Pathfinder: How to Choose or Change Your Career for a Lifetime of Satisfaction and Success' by Nicholas Lore

Are you looking for a new job? Maybe you're just hoping to reignite your passion for your current position? Whichever it may be, "The Pathfinder," originally published in 1998, is the book for you. Lore aims to help you find a career path that feels good and fulfills you.

With over 100 self-assessments, this isn’t a book you’ll be able to read and forget about. It puts you to work! In fact, it’s pretty similar to having your own personal career coach!

Already read this classic? Read another! Try "I Could Do Anything If Only I Knew What It Was" by Barbara Sher with Barbara Smith.

2. 'Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales From the World of Wall Street' by John Brooks

Did you know: Warren Buffett lent his copy of "Business Adventures" to Bill Gates. Gates went on to say that it was "the best business book [he has] ever read." That means it must be good, right? Originally published in 1969, it includes many drama-filled stories about Wall Street that will keep you entertained all the way through.

But it’s more than just salacious: You’ll get the inside scoop on the world of finance with a look at the 1962 stock market crash, the fall of a major brokerage firm, and more.

Want more personal work-related stories? Read "Mistakes I Made at Work: 25 Influential Women Reflect on What They Got Out of Getting It Wrong" by Jessica Bacal.

3. 'Unlimited Power: The New Science of Personal Achievement' by Tony Robbins

In this book, Robbins takes readers, step-by-step, through how to perform at your best, become a leader, gain self-confidence, find the five keys to wealth and happiness, and more.

Although this book was originally published in 1987, people still use it to achieve their goals and find success.

Want more tips on how to be your best? Read "Manage Your Day-to-Day: Build Your Routine, Find Your Focus, and Sharpen Your Creative Mind" by Jocelyn Glei.

Started at the bottom now he's ... cake?

Through the years, Drake's lyrics and mottos have had a big effect on fans. From "F*** fake friends" to "YOLO," Drake has given us some profound lessons in life, love, and success.

Now baker Joy Wilson has memorialized Drake's wisdom on a delicious medium — cake! She shares pictures of the hilarious desserts on her Instagram account, @drakeoncake. More than 130,000 people follow her for photos of their two favorite things: Drake and cake.

Here are some winners:

Joy Wilson has created a new platform for rap lyrics.

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The self-taught baker is in love with cake ... and Drake.

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Her Instagram account, @drakeoncake, has more than 130,000 followers.

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Rich people appreciate the power of learning long after college is over.

"The world class knows that college is just the beginning of lifelong learning," writes self-made millionaire Steve Siebold in his book, "How Rich People Think.""That's why you'll see the great ones attending seminars, workshops and taking advantage of other valuable sources of education."

One such source of education is online tools. To get smarter about investing and managing your money, start by bookmarking these 14 sites:

SEE ALSO: 12 books to read this year if you want to get rich

The Motley Fool

The Motley Fool aims to build a strong investment community, which it does by providing a variety of resources: the website, books, a newspaper column, a radio station, and a newsletter.

This site has something for every type of investor, from basic lessons for beginners to investing commentary on mutual funds, stock sectors, and value for the more advanced. It offers free features such as a stock-rating service and fee-based services such as a newsletter, so you can choose how you want to learn.

Bookmark it here »

Finance at Khan Academy

This interactive website provides clear and concise videos on every financial topic you could imagine, including 401(k)s, Roth IRAs, traditional IRAs, compound interest, stocks and bonds, and discussion of current economic topics.

This site is ideal for the visual learners. The videos are generally under 10 minutes each, so this is also an option for those who don't have the time or patience to read an entire book about how to deal with their money.

Bookmark it here »

Morningstar

Morningstar is a go-to resource to find information on specific mutual funds and ETFs. In addition to being able to review your portfolio and find top funds quickly, it provides solid descriptions and in-depth analysis.

You'll also have access to news, tutorials, and forums.

Bookmark it here »

There's not too much info we know about the "Guardians of the Galaxy" sequel. We know the main cast is returning in addition to a few new players, but who's the villain? And how will the sequel fit into the larger Marvel Cinematic Universe?

Director James Gunn has been sharing teases of the highly-anticipated sequel for weeks. Each Wednesday, he posts hand drawn storyboard art from the sequel to his Facebook using the tag #WhatWeShotWednesday. The images don't show too much. They can be vague and interpretive. But Gunn says he loves reading guesses for what the storyboards actually depict. He even responds to a few.

We've compiled all of the storyboards in the order they were realized along with fans' best guesses. 

Read on to check out all of the storyboard teases. "Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2" arrives in theaters May 5 2017. 

Gunn started sharing his storyboard sketches mid-March with one that looked like a tiny Groot possibly getting attacked by a giant lizard.

If you zoom in you can just make out a squiggle on the head of the center figure. Fans think it may be Yondu's mohawk, and that he may have an army with him. Those look a lot like space ships in the background.

it's rumored the sequel will introduce Star Lord's father, whom he's never met. Gunn teased that he doubts fans will guess this one, but it's fans believe the written line is a voice-over and we'll see how Star Lord's mother and father met.

After visiting Austin, Texas earlier this year, I fell madly in love...with tacos. Breakfast tacos, to be more precise.

Texas just knows how to do them right, and until now, New York has been left to suffer without them. Thankfully, Jalapa Jar is here to save us from our sad, breakfast taco-less existence. After testing out their wares at various pop-ups throughout the city, this duo is ready to open a kiosk in Brooklyn later this month.

With options like migas (torn-up tortillas with eggs and cheese), chorizo, ham, and more, Breakfast is never going to be the same again. Thank you, taco gods.

The taco gods are truly smiling upon us with these authentic Tex-Mex tacos.

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The key to excellent breakfast tacos? Keep it simple.

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But a little chorizo never hurt, either.

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One of the world's most elaborate mosaics just hit Barcelona.

Over the last several months, so-called "vandalist" MVIN has been roaming the streets of Spain painting 100 garage doors with abstract streaks of yellow, black, and chrome spray paint.

Taken together, the pieces add up to a 100-foot-high, 65-foot-wide tag of MVIN's name — perhaps the most elaborate tag the graffiti world has ever seen.

Even more amazing, he did it without law enforcement ever noticing. We spoke to MVIN to find out how.

MVIN, who preferred to stay anonymous, began the process at the beginning of the year, scoping out locations around Barcelona for storefront shutters that fit his design.

To put the giant mural together, he began by taking photos of each door and assembled the images in a grid.

Then he placed a sheet of Plexiglas on top of the photos and overlaid a rough mock-up of the mural, dividing the sketch into squares to match the doors.

Jack Dorsey, the CEO and cofounder of Twitter and Square, is stretched to the limit this year running two publicly traded companies.

As he's matured as a leader, Dorsey has focused on pushing himself, and his favorite books offer insight into his thought process.

From a Product Hunt Q&A last year and his personal Twitter account, we've collected the books he's said have influenced him most.

SEE ALSO: 23 books Mark Zuckerberg thinks everyone should read

'Tao Te Ching' by Lao Tzu

In the Product Hunt Q&A, Dorsey said his most prized possession is a copy of "Tao Te Ching" a friend gave him.

This ancient Chinese text (pronounced "Dow Dé Jing") is attributed to Lao Tzu. It became the foundation for Taoism in the sixth century BC and was first translated into English in the late 19th century.

It is composed of 81 poems that reflect on the Tao, which is the force behind everything in the universe.

Among themes explored are self-mastery through humility.

Find it here »

'The Score Takes Care of Itself' by Bill Walsh with Steve Jamison and Craig Walsh

Dorsey regularly recommends "The Score Takes Care of Itself" to entrepreneurs around Silicon Valley.

It's a guide to leadership by the late Bill Walsh, one of the greatest coaches in the history of the National Football League. It was published posthumously in 2010.

When Walsh became head coach of the San Francisco 49ers in 1978, they were the laughing stock of the league; over the next 10 years, the 49ers became a dynasty with four Super Bowl titles.

What makes his career even more remarkable is that he had a knack for finding and growing leaders, and his staff included eight future head coaches.

In his book, he explains the importance of creating a culture of high performance through personal encouragement and praise for exceptional work.

Find it here »

'Between the World and Me' by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Ta-Nehisi Coates' writing on American civil liberties exploded into the mainstream last year when "Between the World and Me" became a No. 1 bestseller and National Book Award winner.

In this book, Coates explores what it means to be an African-American man at this time in history, written as part memoir and part journalistic report, all framed as a letter to his young son.

The book is striking for both its commentary on American life as well as its meditation on what it takes to grow from a boy into a man.

Find it here »

The single-aisle airliner market is one of the most lucrative and hotly contested segments in the aviation business. But for the past 15 years, that white-hot competition has almost exclusively been between two companies — Airbus and Boeing. 

In recent years, companies from around the world have launched aircraft aimed at breaking the Airbus-Boeing duopoly. 

On Wednesday, the latest challenger made its world debut in the form of the Irkut MC-21.  

In addition to the Russian Irkut, there are a slew of state-of-the-art airplanes from around the world designed to challenge the Airbus A320neo family and the Boeing 737 MAX-Series. 

But before we get to the challengers, lets take a look at the Airbus A320neo and the Boeing 737 MAX.

SEE ALSO: Russia just unveiled its new Airbus and Boeing challenger

Airbus A320neo family

The Airbus A320neo family of airplanes are updated versions of the company's original A320-family with new-generation engines and optimized aerodynamics.

The line up of medium-range airliners include a trio of models — the 160-seat A319neo, the 189-seat A320neo, and the 240-seat A321neo. All three variants can be equipped with modern CFM LEAP-1A or Pratt & Whitney PW1100G turbofan engines. 

Thus far, Airbus has nearly 4,600 orders for the various versions of the A320neo. The first A320neos entered service in early 2016.

Boeing 737 MAX-Series

Like the A320neo, the 737 MAX is the latest version of Boeing's long-serving short-to-medium range airliner that it has been selling for 50 years.

For MAX duty, Boeing gave its 737 new engines, wings, avionics, and a slew of other updates. The 737 MAX series is made up of four different variants — the 149-seat 737 MAX7, the 189-seat MAX8, the 200-seat MAX200, and the 220-seat MAX9.

The updated 737 is available with new CFM LEAP-1B turbofan engines. Boeing has 3,200 orders for the 737MAX and is expected to enter service in 2017.

Bombardier C-Series

The Bombardier C-Series is Airbus' and Boeing's most prominent rival. Although the Canadian airplane maker has long-been a major player in regional airliners, the C-Series is the first time the company has had to compete against the US and European titans. 

The Bombardier airliner has, thus far, struggled to net the level of sales as the 737 and the A320. But the C-Series has garnered critical acclaim for its performance, fuel efficiency, and design. 

The C-Series lineup consists of two variants of the plane — the 133-seat CS100 and the 160-seat CS300. In the marketplace, the C-Series competes against the Boeing 737MAX7 and the Airbus A319neo. 

Like the A320neo, the C-Series is powered by a version of Pratt & Whitney's revolutionary geared turbofan engines — the PW1500G. The Bombardier C-Series enters commercial service in July and has more than 300 firm orders for the plane. 

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

When "Game of Thrones" premiered on HBO in 2011, most of the actors were still relatively unknown. Some of the show's talent — like Isaac Hempstead Wright who plays Bran Stark — were as young as 11.

With season six going strong, now's as good a time as any to take a look back on what our fan favorites looked like in season one.

Keep scrolling to see how much your favorite "Game of Thrones" characters have changed.

At the start of the series, Jon Snow was living in Winterfell as the bastard son of Eddard Stark, Lord of Winterfell, and Warden of the North.

The last episode of season five ended with Jon Snow being stabbed repeatedly by his Brothers of the Night's Watch. As predicted by many, he was brought back to life by Melisandre in season six.

When we first met her, Sansa Stark was the eldest daughter of Eddard and Catelyn Stark in Winterfell. She adored love stories and longed for the excitement of the capital.

When it comes to fitness, many women are fixated on the number on the scale — and so, they modify their diet and exercise with the goal of losing weight.

But in reality, how much a person weighs doesn’t actually reflect their level of fitness, according to Don Saladino, a New York City trainer known for sculpting the bodies of Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds.

Fat and muscle weigh the same — though muscle is more dense and distributed differently on a person’s body. So a woman who works out all the time might weigh the same as a woman who rarely hits the gym, but she'll also likely look completely different.

“It’s like buying food in a bag or food in a can. You can weigh both items and they can weigh the exact same, but their structure is completely different because of what it’s made of,” Saladino told INSIDER.

Here are 13 images from MyBodyGallery that showcase just how different women can look at the same weight.

Both of these women weigh 200 lbs.

And both of these women weigh 140 lbs.

These women both weigh 105 lbs.

When in Rome, do as the Roman's do.

A survey conducted by Autoclick interviewed nearly 700 locals, and it turns out that iconic landmarks are iconic for a reason. At least in Rome, the top spots that are popular with tourists are popular with locals, too.

Below, the top 10 places locals say you should visit when in Rome.

10. The Gianicolo (Janiculum) is a hill in western Rome that offers an incredible view of the city below.

9. The Pantheon is an icon of ancient Rome's power, and is one of the best-preserved buildings from that era. It was built as a temple in 126 AD, and still serves as a church today.

8. Piazza Navona is one of the oldest public spaces in the world, and home to intricate fountains and statues.

Russia's Su-34 Fullback fighter/bomber jet is in many ways a reworking of the older Su-27 model, but it includes some shockingly homey features, like a "toilet" and a "kitchenette."

See some of the unexpected creature comforts aboard the SU-34 in the slides below.

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The Fullback seems to have been designed head-to-toe with pilot comfort in mind. Instead of sitting one in front of the other, Fullback pilots sit side by side like in a car. This saves room in the cockpit as the pilots can share instruments, and do not need duplicates for their separate compartments.

Instead of climbing into the cockpit from a rolling staircase like US pilots do, the Russian pilots simply climb up a ladder attached to the landing gear.

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Now comes the really amazing part. The cabin is actually big enough to move around in, which is unthinkable in the sleek, streamlined jets the US flies. Pilots can actually lay down in the cabin if they're tired.