No résumé is 100% flawless.

Many include minor errors — a misspelled word, a missing digit on your zip code, a few too many buzzwords — and while these aren't favorable in the eyes of the hiring manager, they can easily be forgiven if the candidate is otherwise impressive and qualified for the job.

But what can't be forgiven (and certainly not forgotten) are blatant lies, inappropriate email addresses, or links to, ahem, adult websites. And yet, real job seekers have included all of these ridiculous things, among others, on their résumés, according to hiring managers who participated in a recent CareerBuilder survey.

"Job seekers understand that there is a lot of competition for jobs today; therefore, they are trying more unconventional methods in effort to stand out and grab the hiring manager’s attention," says Rosemary Haefner, chief human resources officer at CareerBuilder. "These efforts may also likely be misguided attempts to compensate for lacking 10o% of the qualifications specified in the job posting."

But job seekers should try to stand out for the right reasons, she says. Instead of making outrageous claims or lies, focus on what you are good at and what you have accomplished.

"Hiring managers are more forgiving than job seekers may think," Haefner explains. "About 42% of employers surveyed said they would consider a candidate who met only three out of five key qualifications for a specific role."

For its survey, CareerBuilder asked more than 2,000 hiring managers in the US to share some of the most memorable things they've seen on résumés.

Here are 14 that really stood out:

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Applicant claimed to be a former CEO of the company to which they were applying.

Applicant claimed to be fluent in two languages — one of which was pig Latin.

Applicant wrote "whorehouse" instead of "warehouse" when listing work history.

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This weekend, presidential candidates will begin their descent on the Iowa State Fair, a campaign tradition that allows voters to get up close with candidates.

A campaign trip to the fair involves a plethora of rituals: Giving a speech and taking questions on a hay bale, going on some carnival rides, taking a picture in front of a giant cow made of butter, and, most importantly, eating a lot of fatty, greasy food.

One of the Iowa State Fair's signature items is the pork-chop on a stick, which candidates have been indulging in for the past several election cycles along with corn dogs and ice cream.

Eating fried food with Iowans is a necessary part of a campaign strategy that allows candidates to appear folksy. As The Washington Post notes, candidates generally pack on weight during campaigns because it can be difficult or impolite to turn down food when voters offer.

Some candidates embrace the grease, while others need a little coaching. 

According to New York Times reporter Amy Chozick, Secretary of State John Kerry's then-press secretary, Robert Gibbs, freaked out when he saw Kerry slurping a smoothie instead of eating fried food during a trip to the fair in 2003.

"Somebody get a f------ corn dog in his hand — now!" Gibbs said.

But if the candidates this year are looking to impress Iowans with enthusiasm for unhealthy food, they'll have to beat out former Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R), who downed a corndog, hard-boiled egg-on-a-stick, and a massive pork-chop on-a-stick when he attended the fair in 2011. 

Here are some of the current and former presidential candidates and past candidates chowing down at the fair.

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) and his wife snack on pork-chops on-a-stick at the Iowa State Fair in 2007. The pork chops are a famous state fair snack.

Huckabee scopes out some pork on the grill at the Iowa State Fair on Thursday. Candidates often take some time manning the grill.

Hillary Clinton mingles with voters at the Iowa State Fair in 2007, ice cream in hand.

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This August marks the 46th anniversary of the famed Woodstock Music and Art Festival, which took place on Max Yasgur's 600-acre farm in Bethel, New York.

Every notably musician at the time, from Jimi Hendrix to Janis Joplin, played during the three-day fest. The crowd was made up of over 400,000 attendees who forced their way in, despite extremely heavy traffic and fences surrounding the perimeter.

Even with so many fans, zero reports of violence were made to the police during or after the Festival, and with two babies allegedly born on the premises, it certainly was a weekend of peace, love, and music.

Ahead, take a look at those who made it into the music festival's premises and became part of the renowned "Woodstock generation."

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When residents of Wallkill, New York denied plans for Woodstock to occur near their town, farmer Max Yasgur came to the rescue, offering his land near Bethel at the price of $75,000.

Woodstock was created by the then-novice promoters John Roberts, Joel Rosenman, Artie Kornfield and Michael Lang. Originally, the four had hoped the festival would be a way to raise funds to build a recording studio and rock-and-roll retreat near Woodstock, New York.

Tickets to the event costed $6.50 a day, and festival organizers told authorities they were expecting around 50,000 people, even when 186,000 tickets had already been sold.

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Whether you want to tone up, slim down, or give yourself a mood boost, you've likely taken a stab at tweaking your fitness routine.

Unfortunately, there's a lot of "fitness" advice out there that won't help you meet your goals and could actually be doing you more harm than good.

For example, which matters more for weight loss: exercise or diet?

Are marathons the best way to get fit?

The answers to these questions might surprise you.

Have some we missed? Send them along to science(at)businessinsider.com.

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Exercise is all that matters when it comes to losing weight fast.

Wrong. 

In the short-term, the bulk of research shows us that diet is far more important than simply upping your workout regimen if you want to start shedding pounds.

"Studies tend to show that in terms of weight loss, diet plays a much bigger role than exercise," Philip Stanforth, an exercise scientist at the University of Texas and the executive director of the Fitness Institute of Texas, told us.

Over the long-term, though, research suggests that regular workouts do become more important for staying fit. "When you look at people who've lost weight and are also managing to keep it off, exercise is important," said Stanforth.

Weight training will turn fat into muscle.

Nope. Lifting weights won't magically make your flab lean. Unfortunately, body fat cannot become muscle. But weight training will help you build muscle tissue, which will thicken underneath any fat above it.

Early morning is the only time you should work out.

The afternoons or evenings are likely nearly as good for you as early-morning workouts, according to several studies.

But some research suggests that working out first thing each dayhelps speed weight loss and boost energy levels by priming the body for an all-day fat burn.

Plus, getting more daylight may play an important role in shedding pounds. By making sure we align our internal clocks, or circadian rhythms, with the natural world, we may help give our metabolisms a boost. One recent study showed that people who basked in bright sunlight within two hours after waking tended to be thinner and better able to manage their weight than people who didn't get any natural light, regardless of what they ate throughout the day.

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I recently stopped by my local Whole Foods to compare the cost of organic and regular products.

The experience got me thinking about whether or not it's worth it to go the organic route, especially for items where there is a more significant price difference.

I decided to consult an expert, and turned to Rania Batayneh, MPH, nutritionist and author of "The One One One Diet."

Batayneh told me which items are worth dishing out more for organic, and which ones I should buy non-organic.

Keep scrolling to find out what she said.

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Eggs

Regular eggs: $2.99 per dozen 

Organic eggs: $4.79 per dozen

Worth it? Not necessarily.

There are varying opinions within the nutrition community around the topic of organic and non-organic eggs. While some firmly believe in shelling out the extra money for organic, another camp says there are no significant health differences between the two.

Batayneh recommends going organic, especially if you can afford it. However, if it puts a significant strain on your budget, you should be fine buying regular.

Milk

Regular milk: $4.39 per gallon

Organic milk: $6.99 per gallon

Worth it? Yes.

"When cows are treated with hormones to increase their growth, those hormones also pass into their milk supply and end up in your cereal bowl," says Batayneh. "One hormone used in cows, rBST, stimulates the production of insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1), which, when elevated in humans, may be linked to an increased risk of cancer."

Another option may be almond milk, which I found was priced the same for both organic and nonorganic: $3.49 per carton.

Cantaloupe

Regular cantaloupe: $3.49 each

Organic cantaloupe: $3.99 each

Worth it? Yes.

"Despite their thick, tough skin, organic cantaloupes are worth the splurge: Studies have found that they often contain the most persistent chemicals, which can be absorbed into their edible portions," explains Batayneh.

The Perseid meteor shower put on an incredible celestial show this week as tons of fiery meteors crash into Earth's atmosphere and lit up the night sky.

The meteor shower happens every year starting in late July and lasting through most of August, but there is always a peak viewing time where stargazers can spot about 100 meteors an hour, and sometimes even "moon flashes" that happen when meteors crash into the moon.

This year the Perseid meteor shower peaked early in the morning on Thursday, Aug. 13, and it coincided with a new moon. With no moonlight to compete with, the meteor shower was even more brilliant than usual this year. So brilliant, in fact, that you could even spot a few meteors in New York City.

Still, a meteor shower looks more impressive far away from city lights. We've rounded up some of the best images of the Perseid meteor shower peak from around the world.

A Roman theater in the ruins of Acinipo, near Ronda in southern Spain.

Windmills at the San Gregornio Pass Wind Farm near Whitewater, California.

The Maculje archaeological site near Novi Travnik in the early morning of Aug. 13.

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New Zealand is inching closer to a new flag.  

Last year, Prime Minister John Key invited New Zealanders to design alternate flags that could replace the current design, which includes a Union Jack and the four stars of the Southern Cross constellation. 

More than 10,000 submissions were made, and on Monday a panel announced the 40 designs that made the cut.

If they win referendums this and next year, one of these flags could become the new national banner. 

Here are a few of the 40 designs that have made it so far.

Designer Alan Tran says that this flag design replaces the Union Jack with the "koru," a New Zealand symbol that represents new life, strength, and peace.

Prime Minister John Key previously said he would like the new flag to feature a silver fern on a black background, a symbol of the Pacific nation. This design by Clay Sinclair and Sandra Ellmers has some of those features.

Grant Alexander proposed a design with a red triangle representing Māori heritage, a blue triangle symbolizing British heritage, and a black triangle representing the country's mountainous landscape.

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Oracle CEO Larry Ellison and Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff’s on and off relationship makes for one of the most interesting storylines in Silicon Valley.

Ellison took Benioff under his wing and turned him into a star executive by the age of 26. But after spending 13 years at Oracle, Benioff launched his own company called Salesforce in 1999, becoming one of Oracle’s biggest rivals in the cloud software space.

The two love to trash talk each other’s company, often getting into public feuds over their businesses. But some argue they’re still good friends, and have great respect for each other.

Ellison is the fifth richest man in the world with a net worth of over $54 billion. Benioff is worth about $3.6 billion.

Here’s a summary of the epic 30-year love-hate relationship between the two business titans:

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Benioff started working at Oracle at age 23. He left a strong impression immediately, winning Oracle's Rookie of the Year award that year.

Three years later, Benioff became Oracle's youngest VP at the age of 26. By then, he was already a star executive, making over $300,000 a year.

During his 13 years at Oracle, Benioff became one of Ellison’s closest friends and most trusted lieutenant. Carlye Adler writes in Fortune, “They sailed to the Mediterranean on Ellison's yacht, visited Japan during cherry blossom season, spent Thanksgiving together, and even double-dated.”

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Mike Trout and Bryce Harper are the favorites to win this year's MVP awards, but if we want to know which players truly have the most value we need to consider more than dominant offensive numbers.

Using Fangraphs' Wins Above Replacement (WAR) for the past two seasons, which measures a player's overall value and puts all players on the same scale, WAR Value, which puts a dollar value on each Win in WAR (~$7.4 million per Win in 2014 and ~$8.0 million per Win in 2015), and 2015 salary, we get a true sense of which players are truly the most valuable to their teams.

Here are the top 25.

#25 Matt Carpenter, St. Louis Cardinals

Position: Third Baseman

2014-15 WAR: 7.6 Wins

2014-15 WAR Value: $59.1 million

2015 Salary: $3.5 million

One thing to know: The 2-time All-Star is on OBP machine, drawing 156 walks since the start of the 2014 season and upping his power this season with 17 home runs. The Cardinals have him under contract until 2020.

#24 Buster Posey, San Francisco Giants

Position: Catcher

2014-15 WAR: 11.2 Wins

2014-15 WAR Value: $86.7 million

2015 Salary: $16.5 million

One thing to know: One of the best all-around players in baseball, Posey is only this low because he has the highest salary on the list which hurts his overall value. He is in the third year of a 9-year, $167 million contract that seems like a steal at this point.

#23 Sonny Gray, Oakland Athletics

Position: Starting Pitcher

2014-15 WAR: 7.1 Wins

2014-15 WAR Value: $55.4 million

2015 Salary: $0.5 million

One thing to know: Gray leads the American League in ERA (2.06) and is making just a touch more than the MLB minimum ($500,000).

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It's remarkably easy to overspend.

Not only are we surrounded by enticing things to buy, but they're at our fingertips with the swipe of a plastic card, leaving us with thinner wallets and a bunch of unnecessary stuff and services.

Here are 15 things you can stop wasting your money on today:

Mandi Woodruff contributed reporting to this post.

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Cable TV

With the advent of Hulu, Netflix, Amazon Instant Video, and Apple TV, there's hardly a reason to splurge on a fancy DVR system or even basic cable — so long as you're willing to be patient. 

Most shows are added at least 24-hours after airing and some networks won't give them up until eight days. 

See some great alternatives to cable TV here.

Bank fees

Banks love to slap you with fees at the drop of a hat, but that doesn't mean you've got to put up with it.

"Consider going with a credit union, which are better than banks in many ways, to avoid some of these fees," says Andrew Schrage, founder of MoneyCrashers.com.

"If you travel abroad often, make sure you use credit cards without foreign transaction fees, otherwise you'll be paying an extra 3% to 5% on all your purchases." 

Extended warranties

Retailers push hard to sell you extended warranties — and conveniently pump up their sales figures at the same time.

Don't do it, Schrage warns. 

"The only instance I'd recommend a warranty is in the case of a laptop. Otherwise, the warranties themselves can often cost as much as simply buying a used or new replacement for your item, or repairing it," he adds.  

The US has an enormous economy, and that economy is the sum of the economies of 50 states and the District of Columbia.

We noted previously that those state economies are big enough and complex enough to compare with those of entire countries, and so we are once again taking a closer look at what makes those economies work.

We ranked the economies of these states, and DC's, on seven measures: unemployment rates, gross domestic product per capita, average weekly wages, and recent growth rates for nonfarm payroll jobs, GDP, house prices, and wages.

While we didn't factor them into the ranking, we also looked at the Fortune 1000 companies that have their headquarters in each state and which industries were disproportionately important in each state. This helped us get a little more insight into what makes each state economy tick.

For more details on methodology and sources, click here.

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51. Mississippi

Mississippi came in last in our ranking of state economies. Chicken, soybean, cotton, and rice farming are among the state's most disproportionately large employers.

Mississippi had the lowest 2014 GDP per capita of any of the states, at just $35,019, and the lowest Q4 2014 weekly wage, at $747. The rate at which both of those measures was changing were also weak: Mississippi had the second-lowest GDP growth rate, with state GDP shrinking by 1.2%. The average weekly wage grew just 2.3% between Q4 2013 and Q4 2014.

50. West Virginia

West Virginia's economy revolves around the coal industry, with underground and surface coal mining coming in as the most disproportionately important industries in the state.

West Virginia was one of just two states in which fewer people were working in June 2015 than in June 2014, with a drop of 1.2% in nonfarm payrolls over the year. The Appalachian state was also one of only three states where housing prices dropped between Q1 2014 and Q1 2015, and had the biggest drop in the state housing price index, falling 3.90%. One bright spot was that GDP grew by 5.1% in 2014, higher than the national rate of 2.2%.

49. Alabama

Alabama has several manufacturing industries, including textile mills, logging operations, and poultry hatcheries.

Alabama's 2014 per capita GDP of $41,127 was far lower than the US per capita GDP of $54,307. GDP growth was also slower than in other states, increasing just 0.7% in 2014. Alabama's housing market remains lackluster, with housing prices rising just 1.8% between Q1 2014 and Q1 2015.

Chinese citizens have the most confidence in their economy, Nigerians are the most optimistic for the future, and Ukrainians are the most downbeat.

Those are some of the findings from a Pew Research Center study that asked respondents in emerging markets to rate their economy as good or bad.

The study found that overall citizens in emerging and developing markets were more likely to say their economy was good than those in advanced economies.

Business Insider put together a rundown of the research to help make sense of some of the numbers. Here are emerging and developing countries, ordered from highest to lowest percentage of respondents who think their economy is doing well.

Check out the CIA World Factbook— from which each country's economic background was extracted — here and the full Pew Center Study here.

Chinese respondents were most likely to describe their economy as good, while those in Ukraine were the least likely.

Significantly more Russians reported that their economy is doing "bad" than a year ago, with the proportion jumping from 44% in 2014 to 24% in 2015. 

Nigerians are the most optimistic their country's economy will improve over the next 12 months.

Lebanese respondents were the most bearish about the future of their economy.

1. China

Who said it's doing well: 90%, up one point since the previous year, and up 38 points since 2012. Down one percentage point from 2010.

Who said the economy will improve: 84%, up four points since 2014 and down three points from the country's all time high in 2010.

What's going on with the country: The country's GDP failed to hit its target in 2014, and at 7.4 percent in 2014, growth is slowing. The Chinese markets have crashed in recent months, with the drop starting in June, a little after this survey was conducted. The Chinese government is on a hunt to find those responsible for the crash, while analysts are comparing the crash to the dot-com bubble or the Black Tuesday crash in 1929. (CIA world Factbook)

GDP: $10.3 trillion in 2014 with 7.4% growth (World Bank)

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GMOs as we know them today have only been around for a few decades.

But in that time, we've taken to using them almost everywhere. Today, GMOs can be found in everything from the cotton in our T-shirts to the soda we sip at the movies.

Here are all the things that likely wouldn't look anything like they do today without some type of genetic modifications:

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All the watermelon we eat today is a product of domestication, one of the earliest forms of modifying the genes in a crop.

The first genetic modifications, and broadest sense of the term GMO, has been happening throughout the history of farming.

By picking certain traits, such as bigger fruit, more seeds, and better color, farmers are inherently selecting the genes for certain crops. That’s how the watermelon we eat became so different from versions from the 1600s.

About 300 years ago, farmers and scientists started cross-breeding, or fertilizing new types of plants using two parent plants that wouldn't normally come together in nature. That’s how we get things like potatoes as we know them and many kinds of berries, Bruce Chassy, a professor emeritus of food safety and nutritional science at the University of Illinois, told Business Insider.

Corn was domesticated hundreds of years ago as well, but the stuff we eat today has been modified further — with genes from living things that are not plants.

Corn, the most widely grown crop in the US, is currently modified in two key ways: either by adding genes from Bacillus thuringiensis bacteria, known as Bt, to make it resistant to corn-loving insects, or genes from Agrobacterium, which makes it resistant to the weedkiller Roundup.

Today, corn is used to make everything from the corn syrup found in soda and most candy to the sweet corn we eat on the cob. A whopping 92% of the corn we eat is genetically modified, according to the USDA.

In the 1990s, papayas in Hawaii faced extinction without help from GMO technology.

Papayas in Hawaii were facing destruction from the Ringspot virus, a disease transmitted to the fruit by insects. To fix the problem, scientists added a harmless gene from the virus into the papaya's DNA, giving papayas immunity to the virus. Today, most papayas are produced in Hawaii, though some come from Texas, California, and Florida as well.

Roughly 77% of papayas made in Hawaii are GMO.

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Ask someone to name cities with thriving tech, media, fashion or food scenes, and you’ll hear the usual suspects: San Francisco; New York; Portland, Ore.

But there’s a slew of other metro areas with established infrastructure and skilled work forces that can match those more established locations at a fraction of the cost of living and with less day-to-day stress.

These are the places where startup dreams come easier and cheaper, but can still pay off big. Start packing.

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1. Salt Lake City, Utah

Best for: Software and hardware
Metro-area population: 1.1 million
Median household income: $53,036
Median home price: $243,300
Unemployment: 3.5%
College graduates: 31%

Tech companies such as Adobe and Workday are moving to “Silicon Slopes” in droves, inspired by startups launched by alumni from software pioneers Novell and WordPerfect, not to mention the easy access to world-class skiing. On the hardware side, everything from flash memory chips (one of every 14 worldwide is made here) to Skullcandy headphones calls the Wasatch Front home. VCs invested nearly $1 billion in local startups last year, making Salt Lake tops nationally in dollar-per-deal average.

The Utah Science Technology and Research Economic Development Initiative provides funding to the University of Utah in Salt Lake and Utah State University in nearby Ogden to research new technologies and spin them off into a handful of companies each year. And when the state’s insurance department wanted to ban Zenefits, a Silicon Valley startup that gives away its HR-management software for free, Governor Gary Herbert signed a law reversing the ban, stating, “Utah is open for business.”

Did you know? Thanks to thousands of Mormon missionaries returning from time abroad, Utah has the highest percentage of foreign-language speakers in the country.

2. Baltimore, Maryland

Best for: Education
Metro-area population: 2.7 million
Median household income: $68,455
Median home price: $223,100
Unemployment: 5.7%
College graduates: 36%

There’s a quiet revolution happening in Baltimore, which has become a booming hub of education-focused companies anchored by Johns Hopkins University, named the best grad school for education by U.S. News & World Report. The city is also home to Laureate Education (formerly Sylvan Learning), a for-profit education powerhouse. 

Now Baltimore is luring ed-tech startups. Citelighter, which helps K-12 students and teachers organize and share research via a browser plug-in, recently moved there from New York City and received $100,000 as a housewarming gift from Technology Development Corp., Maryland’s public fund investing in tech companies.

Baltimore teachers work with diverse student populations and are entrepreneur-friendly, willing to test out new tech and ideas in classrooms. The city regularly hosts events to connect entrepreneurs with educators; a recent Baltimore Tech for Schools event drew 1,100 teachers and school administrators to check out product demos.

Did you know? Of the nation’s largest school systems by enrollment, Baltimore has the third-highest spending per pupil on an annual basis.

3. Nashville, Tennessee

Best for: Media
Metro-area population: 1.5 million
Median household income: $44,223
Median home price: $186,400
Unemployment: 4.6%
College graduates: 31%

It has long been a hotbed for the music business—evidenced this year by the first graduating class of the Project Music accelerator at the Nashville Entrepreneur Center—but Nashville has experienced a miniature media explosion. Among the spate of new creative agencies and fledgling media companies are
Good.Must.Grow., a nonprofit digital agency that develops corporate media strategies. Meanwhile, co-working spaces such as Refinery, Deavor, the Skillery and Weld have popped up to cater to self-employed media workers. 

Driving the boom is Nashville’s growing population of college grads, ages 25 to 34, which increased 48 percent between 2000 and 2012. Among U.S. cities, only Houston experienced faster growth in its young-grad population.

Did you know? Nashville is home to bestselling novelist Ann Patchett, who in 2011 teamed up with publishing veteran Karen Hayes to open Parnassus, a successful independent bookstore.

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In the world of cosplaying, Yaya Han is one of a kind. 

Cosplaying is the practice of designing and wearing costumes, typically based on characters from comic books, anime, and television shows. Conventions are held all over the world each year where cosplay enthusiasts come together to celebrate their craft. 

Han's costumes are legendary. She's become a massively popular name in the cosplay world, and even has a comic book written about her. 

Her Instagram account is a great way to get a sneak a peak into Han's colorful and creative world, and to get a look at what it takes to be one of the best cosplayers in the world. She has hundreds of thousands of loyal followers.

Check out 23 photos of the most famous cosplayer on Instagram.

Meet Yaya Han, the internet's most famous cosplayer.

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Yaya Han started cosplaying in 1999 after she attended her first anime convention. Sixteen years later, she's known around the world for her incredible costume creations.

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Yaya Han as Sheryl Nome from "Macross Frontier."

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While the convention was Han's first experience with cosplay, she'd been longtime fan of anime and manga, Han told Nerd Bastards.

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Yaya Han as Arcade Miss Fortune from "League of Legends."

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Apple hasn't revealed any specific numbers for Apple Watch such as revenue or unit sales.

The watch went on sale April 24 and Cook, as you might expect, has been upbeat about its progress. He said in July when the company released its third-quarter earnings that in Watch's first 9 weeks, it sold better than iPad did in its first 9 weeks. So there's that.

But a new report by 1010Data, a company that anonymously tracks the purchases of millions of online shoppers, sheds a bit more light on Watch sales. And the news is good for Apple.

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Apple Watch is the revenue leader in the overall wearable category with 42% of total revenue. Fitbit has 31%. Motorola, Garmin, Jawbone, Polar, Pebble, and Samsung combined have 15%.

Fitbit, however, commands total unit sales in the overall wearable category, accounting for 35%. Apple is No. 2 with 11%.

When it comes to smart watches specifically, Apple rules in terms of revenue. With its more expensive watches, it has nabbed 88% of the market.

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India is home to everything from gorgeous palaces and bustling cities to a diverse and tranquil countryside filled with mountains, lakes, and exotic animals.

The intricacies found in the detailed architecture of India's palaces and temples are both fascinating and breathtaking, and most of the sites are unlike anything you would encounter in the western world.

From stunning temples to lush tea plantations, here are 27 photos that will inspire you to book a trip to India.

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The Assam tea plantations in Northeast India have lush green tea fields that seem to stretch on forever.

The Meenakshi Temple is located in Tamil Nadu and is a beacon of bright blues, yellows, pinks, and greens. The incredibly detailed layers of the temple reach far into the sky.

To visit the temple's website, click here >

The colorful Wagah border ritual is held daily in Punjab, where India borders Pakistan.

Last year, a startup called ManServants launched, promising to give women what they really want: a man for hire to anticipate their needs and pamper them.

CEO and cofounder Josephine Wai Lin tells Business Insider her service "started as a joke, and it became way too real."

Last fall, ManServants launched in San Francisco, and then in Los Angeles. Most recently, the very real startup launched in New York City. Soon, Wai Lin says, it will expand to Las Vegas.

When might you need a ManServant? Anytime, really. ManServants gives a few examples on its website: bachelorette parties, girls' nights out, pool parties in need of a cabana boy, just to name a few. Wai Lin says ManServants have been hired for a few same-sex weddings, too.

We were curious about the service, so we decided to round up some friends and try it for ourselves.

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Wai Lin and her cofounder Dalal Khajah were working in advertising last year before ManServants launched. The two were trying to hire a "hot male assistant" for one of their girlfriends' birthdays. After failing to find what they were looking for on Craigslist and TaskRabbit ("There was no handsome help available on TaskRabbit," Wai Lin recalls), they turned to a stripping agency for help.

After the botched attempt to hire a stripper to perform menial office duties, Wai Lin and Khajah's coworkers started asking the two women to help them find and hire more of these men for their bachelorette parties in lieu of actual strippers. So last year, Wai Lin and Khajah quit their jobs to bootstrap ManServants.

ManServants are "not just handsome," Wai Lin tells us. "They're very multidimensional, multitalented. He can't just be good to look at. He has to be hilarious and entertaining as well."

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Disney announced a ton of new theme park attractions coming to its parks in California and Florida, Saturday at fan event D23.

Among them are several new "Star Wars" experiences including a launch bay, an update to its popular "Star Tours," and "Star Wars"-themed lands.

Let's take a closer look at everything "Star Wars" coming to Disneyland and Disney World.

Disney CEO Bob Iger took the stage at the company's biannual fan event D23 Saturday to unveil new "Star Wars"-themed lands coming to Disneyland in Anaheim, California and Hollywood Studios in Orlando, Florida's Walt Disney World Resort.

“We are creating a jaw-dropping new world that represents our largest single themed land expansion ever," said Iger. "These new lands at Disneyland and Walt Disney World will transport guests to a whole new Star Wars planet, including an epic Star Wars adventure that puts you in the middle of a climactic battle between the First Order and the Resistance.”

The lands will include two big attractions.

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Different countries face different problems.

Some nations struggle with security issues, while others are crippled by ineffective governments.

With that in mind, the Economist Intelligence Unit assessed risk across 180 countries around the world in terms of various indicators.

We put together world maps from the EIU that present risk scores for several different factors, as well as one for overall risk.

Check them out below.

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Somalia is the most risky country in terms of security, followed by Syria and Iraq.

Somalia has been struggling to rebuild itself after 25 years of civil war, during which the country was without a formal parliament. 

Meanwhile, Iraq has seen increased violence because of the Islamic State, and Syria continues to be plagued by a civil war.

Source: EIU

In macroeconomic terms, however, Iran, North Korea, and Sudan are the most risky.

Iran is the wild card on the world stage as investors, politicians, and regular citizens anxiously await sanctions relief. Additionally, everyone's unsure what the return of Iranian oil means for the markets.

Meanwhile, North Korea continues to be largely closed off from the rest of the world, and the extremely poor Sudan lost approximately three-fourths of its oil production after South Sudan seceded in 2011.

Source: EIU

Somalia is also the most risky in terms of government effectiveness, followed by Syria and Turkmenistan.

Somalia's president is facing accusations of corruption. Most recently, more than 90 Somali lawmakers "lodged a vote of no confidence in President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud, accusing him of violating the constitution," according to a report by Bloomberg.

Meanwhile Turkmenistan's leader granted himself unlimited power and misuses the revenues from the nation's vast energy reserves.

Source: EIU