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We tried the 'edible alcohol' that could replace cocktails — here's the verdict

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  • Smith & Sinclair makes edible cocktails that are based on drinks made from rum, whisky, vodka, and gin.
  • Each edible cocktail has the alcohol content of half of a shot.
  • While we found the idea interesting, we had mixed feelings about them overall.

 

To many people, the idea of "edible alcohol" is limited to homemade jello shots or gummy bears soaked in vodka that never quite turn out the way you hoped. Smith & Sinclair hopes to change that. 

The idea behind the London-based startup grew out of a "date night" event that the company's founders, Melanie Goldsmith and Emile Bernard, held for singles. At the event, they used board games as a way to break the ice, but they found that people had a difficult time holding drinks while playing the games.

Bernard started experimenting with jelly-based, edible cocktail recipes that would be less cumbersome than traditional drinks. The edible cocktails were a hit at the date nights, which led Goldsmith and Bernard to turn their experiment into a business.

Now, their company, Smith & Sinclair, sells edible cocktails in eight flavors and ships them around the world. We tried each flavor to see if they could replace cocktails. 

See what we had to say below.

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Smith & Sinclair offers edible cocktails based on drinks made from whisky, gin, rum, and vodka.



We ordered the "Large Mixed Selection," which costs $50.59 for a customer in the US.



That means there are two of each of the company's eight flavors.



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TIME Magazine refutes Trump's claim that he turned down 2017 Person of the Year award

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  • TIME Magazine refuted President Donald Trump's claim, in which he suggested he "was PROBABLY going to be named" the magazine's 2017 "Person of the Year."
  • Readers can vote in TIME's unofficial poll on who should be given the honor.
  • The magazine named Trump "Person of the Year" in 2016.


TIME Magazine fired back at President Donald Trump's earlier claim on Friday that he had turned down an offer to be named its "Person of the Year," calling his assertion "incorrect."

"The President is incorrect about how we choose Person of the Year," the magazine tweeted Friday night. "TIME does not comment on our choice until publication, which is December 6."

Trump tweeted earlier in the day that he "took a pass" at the title after the magazine reached out to him, because he had to satisfy certain editorial obligations.

"Time Magazine called to say that I was PROBABLY going to be named "Man (Person) of the Year," like last year," Trump said.

"But I would have to agree to an interview and a major photo shoot," his tweet continued. "I said probably is no good and took a pass. Thanks anyway!"

Alan Murray, chief content officer of Time Inc., also threw cold water on Trump's claims: "Amazing. Not a speck of truth here," Murray tweeted Friday night.

Trump, who won the award in 2016, took exception to it that year, after the magazine published his picture with the accompanying title on the cover: "PRESIDENT OF THE DIVIDED STATES OF AMERICA."

The magazine has opened an unofficial public poll, in which Trump is tied for third place at 5% of the vote along with the hashtag "#MeToo," which stems from the recent wave of sexual harassment allegations that emerged in various industries, and "The Dreamers" — undocumented immigrants who were brought to the US.

At the time of this post, Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia is ranked No. 1 with 21% of the vote.

The public poll closes December 3.

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The 36 cheapest brunch spots in London with unlimited booze

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LONDON – The festive season is officially here, and a lazy, indulgent brunch is the perfect way to catch up with family and friends throughout the chillier months.

If you're living in a big city like London, bottomless beverages, such as all-you-can-drink prosecco and Bloody Marys, are often part of the deal.

We've compiled a list of the best bottomless brunch deals in London to make sure you get the most out of your money – and your time limit.

Of the many restaurants in the capital that serve free-flowing booze with brunch, the food menus vary from Japanese steamed buns to a classic full English breakfast.

Here are 36 of the best-value and most popular bottomless brunch spots around London, from Hackney to Chelsea, ranked by price from the most expensive to the cheapest:

Will Heilpern originally contributed to this article. Some restaurants charge food and bottomless drink separately, in which case we have listed a combined price.

36. Roka Aldwych – £59

The weekend "hen setto brunch" at Roka Aldwych includes 10 sharing plates like edamame and sashimi, a main course including the likes of sake teriyaki, a dessert and unlimited red or white wine – but it'll cost you, at £59 per person.

When: 11.30 p.m. to 3.30 p.m. on Saturday, 11.30 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Sunday.



=34. The Montagu at Hyatt Regency London – £55

If you really want to splash out, try The Montagu near Hyde Park. It offers a "New York Italian Style Brunch," including unlimited white and red Italian wines, Bloody Marys, American lagers, and bellinis for £55.

When: 12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturdays.



=34. Quaglino's, St. James's – £55

Have brunch in style at Quaglino's, where two courses are £33 and three courses are £38 on the Saturday Q Brunch. Bottomless prosecco costs £22 extra.

When: 11.30 a.m. to 2.30 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.



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A restaurant in London is serving a massive £55 burger – it weighs 2kg and is 12 times the size of a normal burger

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  • The Herculean Truffle Burger is as big as 12 normal sized burgers.
  • The Derby beef patty alone weights around 1kg, the whole burger is 2kg. 
  • It's sprinkled with freshly grated truffle.
  • The burger costs £55 and serves 4-6 people.

 

The Herculean Truffle Burger at Florentine in London is the equivalent of 12 normal sized burgers.

The burger has portobello mushrooms, Montgomery cheese, tomatoes, and 20 slices of bacon inside. It's also sprinkled with freshly grated truffle.

It comes with fries and dips on the side, including a homemade truffle mayonnaise.

The Derby beef patty alone weights around 1kg, which equals to 2,500 calories and 260g of protein. This is way more than an adult’s recommended daily protein intake (50g).

The burger costs £55 and serves 4-6 people, could you take it on?

Produced and filmed by Claudia Romeo

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Fingerlings are officially the biggest toy of this holiday season — and they might already be impossible to get before Christmas

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  • Fingerlings are robotic monkey toys.
  • They're the must-have toy this holiday season.
  • Retailers are having trouble keeping them in stock, both online and in-stores.

 

Robots are taking over — and they're adorable.

We're calling it: Our prediction that Fingerlings — a robot monkey that makes noise and attaches to fingers — would be the hottest toy this holiday season has come true.

Demand for the toy, which is made by WowWee, has outstripped all but a handful of rivals. The high demand seems to be at the same level as Hatchimals were last year.

Walmart described supplies for the toy as "tight" during a conference call with reporters earlier in November.

"Fingerlings have been hot and remain hot," Walmart US' merchandising head, Steve Bratspies, said.

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In some stores, customers take the toy off the shelves as soon as it's put out, he said. Retailers only get a limited quantity of the toys at a time. A store manager at a Toys R Us in New Jersey told CNBC that the Fingerlings sell out within hours of being put out on the sales floor.

On Walmart.com, all four colors of the toy are out of first-party stock. Target's version comes with its own exclusive play set and is also out of stock online. Fingerlings are also completely out of stock on Amazon, where they are sold only by third parties at a 100% markup or more. Toys R Us, which sells an exclusive unicorn version, is also out of stock online.

Retailers will be getting stock of the toy throughout the season, but the demand has far outstripped supply. That's causing frustrated would-be buyers to turn to marketplaces like Ebay, where the toy sells for multiples higher than its $15 list price. 

That's not turning many buyers away, as Ebay says a Fingerling toy was sold every 35 seconds on the site from November 1 through November 16.

Counterfeiters have also caught onto the craze, and manufacturer WowWee has started fighting back. In October, it sued 165 makers of fake Fingerlings. Earlier this month, it obtained court approval to freeze the assets of the sellers of counterfeit toys.

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With $5 - and a little courage - you can make your iPhone's speakers light up to music (AAPL)

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The quest to customize your iPhone to the point that it's the most unique iPhone on the street is ever ongoing.

For most of us, that means getting a unique case, or perhaps a case that costs as much as an iPhone itself, like the $1,345 Advent Collection case for the iPhone X

There are also a "skins," which are essentially full-body stickers that can give your iPhone a cool leather, metal, or wooden look.

In China, glowing iPhone speaker grills that light up to the beat of your music are apparently the "latest trend." 

It's a cool effect, that will turn heads (especially if you're someplace outside of China, where the flashing speaker style is still a novelty).  And, thanks to Filip from the EverythingApplePro YouTube channel, there's a way for you to make your iPhone speaker grills glow. 

With that said, the procedure to get glowing iPhone speaker grills is pretty involved, and certainly voids your warranty, not mentioning that it carries the risk of breaking your iPhone for good.  

Check out the glowing iPhone speaker grills:

SEE ALSO: How to give your iPhone 7 a glowing Apple logo for less than $35

"Check this out, guys. I bet you've never seen anything like this on an iPhone."

Filip from the EverythingApplePro YouTube channel starts off his video by saying "Check this out, guys. I bet you've never seen anything like this on an iPhone." 

 

I don't want to burst Filip's bubble, but I have seen something similar involving a glowing Apple logo on the back of iPhones. Filip himself has had videos of how to install a glowing iPhone logo on the back of iPhones, but I first saw it on David Cogen's The Unlockr YouTube channel. Still, I haven't specifically seen a modification that lights up an iPhone's speaker grills. 



The effect is undoubtedly pretty cool, and it will definitely make your iPhone more unique.

Filip describes it as a "visual synchronizer/visualizer for music," as the lights react to the music you're playing from the iPhone. The lights get brighter when you increase the volume, too. 

Filip notes that the lights only work when the speakers are powered, which unfortunately means it wouldn't work when you're using headphones or have the iPhone connected to Bluetooth speakers.



There are even kits for older iPhone models, like the iPhone 6 and 6s that have only one speaker grill.

Filip hasn't yet shown how it's done on the iPhone X, however. 



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I flew first class on American Airlines across the US to see how it stacks up against coach — here's what I discovered

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  • I got a deal on a first-class one-way ticket because I was breaking up my transcontinental flight.
  • American Airlines was the carrier.
  • There were pluses and minuses, but I'd do it again.


When I travel on my own dime, I often bump myself up to business class, but rarely first class.

At Business Insider, we typically fly coach, but I recently had a chance to add a first-class ticket to a return trip from Los Angeles, so I thought I'd flip for the seat and pay the extra $250.

The reason I got a good deal was that I flew back to the New York area on two planes. I don't mind breaking up my flights for a cheaper ticket, but I do have to add in some margin for error if I miss a connection or experience a delay.

I haven't flown domestic first class in a long time, mainly because I don't really think it's worth it. Transatlantic flights are a different story, but even then I think business class is a better deal.

So how was domestic first this time around, on American Airlines? Read on.

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For comparison's sake, let's start with my coach flight out. It was on an Airbus A321.



I'm not a big guy (5-foot-7) so tight seating usually doesn't bother me unless it's ridiculously tight. My window seat on this American flight wasn't too bad.



And the plane wasn't packed, so I had the whole row to myself.



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Meet the kids of the world's richest tech billionaires

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Life is anything but ordinary when your mom and dad are some of the richest people in the world.

Sure, Bill and Melinda Gates children may go to school, play sports, and have Instagram accounts like any other American teenager, but when their dad is worth nearly $90 billion, there's no escaping the privilege of wealth.

Keep scrolling to meet the Gates children and more kids of the richest billionaires in tech.

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Bill and Melinda Gates have three children: Jennifer, Rory, and Phoebe. The Gates have famously decided to dedicate most of their $89 billion fortune to charity and forgo setting up massive trust funds for their children, a decision Bill says the kids are "proud of."

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The Gates' eldest child, Jennifer, is a senior at Stanford University and rides on the US Equestrian team. Despite her dad's status as one of the most famous tech moguls in the world, Jennifer grew up with limited access to technology around the house.

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The 21-year-old appears to be dating Egyptian equestrian rider Nayel Nassar. He previously studied economics and management at Stanford.

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2 months after Hurricane Maria, disaster-stricken Puerto Ricans say they feel forgotten

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  • Puerto Ricans without access to basic resources like power and cell service have come to accept their post-Hurricane Maria lifestyle as the new normal.
  • Hundreds of people are still dying but are not being properly counted.
  • The hurricane's aftermath has accelerated the rate of Puerto Ricans leaving the island for the US mainland.


SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—These days in Puerto Rico, life is conducted on a farmer’s hours. Get up at sunrise, operate during daylight, and return home before night falls.

Some merchants are now able to take credit cards, but cash is king. Planning is reduced to the next 24 hours: how to get power, gasoline to fuel the generator, ice, cash, and a phone signal.

At night, the constant hum of generators blends with the clarion calls of the onomatopoeically named coquí frog. Traffic signals don’t work, and electric repair crews are greeted with applause at their destinations.

The warm waves lap up on the shores, but many beaches are not clear of debris or contamination. The salsa bands play in the hotels that have power but no longer on most of the now-darkened street corners of the capital.

Power outages and hollow promises from politicians have become the norm

It’s been two months since Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico on Sept. 20, and daily life is still a grind on the island with a new slate of problems for residents on the ground and scant progress on the horizon.

In the days immediately following the storm, there were demands for the restoration of electricity and modern conveniences, but now there seems to be a resignation of a new normal. Despite Gov. Ricardo Rosselló’s optimistic promise of getting 100 percent power back by Christmas, most people have accepted that this will be a Navidad without lights.

In San Juan, some have been without power since Hurricane Irma passed on Sept. 7. Each week, there seems to be an outage that rolls back the progress in power generation like a wave erasing a sand castle.

The unrelenting electrical issues seem like a cruel farce to residents. Minutes after the governor announced in a press conference Wednesday that electric generation had reached 50 percent, a power outage affected the north of the island, crippling San Juan and forcing the closure of several shopping centers, where those living without power or air conditioning shop and take refuge.

On Nov. 8, there was another interruption on that same power line, which curiously was one serviced by the controversial Whitefish Energy Holdings. The Status.pr page states that power generation was up to 46.6 percent of capacity as of Monday. But generation is one thing; distribution is another.

Federal and local politicians engage in finger-pointing, but power is not yet substantially restored. “We need a tent over the whole island,” said an employee of the municipality of Dorado. “It’s already a circus.” The controversial head of the electric authority, Ricardo Ramos, quit on Friday.

Herbert Shapiro owns a Serta mattress factory near San Juan. He had to suspend production as the hurricane approached and retool after. “The island is not going to sink into the sea,” he told me. “I just hope to make money for the next couple of years.” Shapiro has family in Boston and an apartment in Florida, but he is staying put.

According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Hurricane Maria destroyed 70,000 homes in Puerto Rico, and that may be a low estimate: Many still have not been visited by the agency. According to some estimates, the blackout caused by damage to the tattered power structure is the largest in U.S. history.

Those with chronic health conditions who are dying for lack of proper care are not counted as official hurricane deaths, but the island’s forensics institute reported 472 more deaths in September compared with the previous year. Also, the Department of Labor noted a loss of 29,000 salaried jobs between August and October, not counting the farming sector.

Communities in the Puerto Rican interior are still largely out of reach for recovery efforts

People in mountain towns like Utuado, Aibonito, Naranjito, Corozal, Comerío, or Barranquitas—isolated by Maria—are only are vaguely aware that there is a recovery underway or that President Trump came to Puerto Rico in October. Many who know the details of the visit are deeply offended by his comments and the memorable images of his throwing paper towels into a crowd.

“I wish we were treated the way President Kennedy did when he visited [Puerto Rico in 1961],” said María Antonia Santiago, who is 82. Then, JFK acknowledged the historical and cultural differences that Puerto Rico has with the 50 states but said he still felt he was in his country, “like I did this morning when in Washington.”

In these mountain towns, which were pulverized by the 150-mile-per-hour winds of Maria, daily routine is an exercise in triage and working the economics and logistics of the new normal: getting fuel for the generator (if you have one) to produce electric power for a few hours daily, obtaining cash to buy the fuel and ice, and consuming gas to travel to one of the spots where cellphones can get a signal. For some still without water, a drive across town is needed to shower.

Felix Arroyo is a farmer in Barranquitas. He says he earned $32,000 in 2016 picking and selling recao, an herb similar to cilantro used for sofrito seasoning. This year, Maria’s winds flattened his plantain trees and uprooted the recao. He has to start from scratch, but the trees and grass are sprouting again. He goes outside and brings a new clump of the herb in his hand.

Frustration and realism fuel anger at Washington and out-migration to the mainland

There is also a heart-versus-mind paradox for Puerto Ricans, who are aware that years of mismanagement and corruption from their political leaders have brought them to this juncture. They counter what some consider the usurpation of power represented by the financial oversight board (PROMESA) imposed by Washington, whose primary fealty, they believe, is to the hedge funds who hold much of the island’s $72 billion in debt.

While they acknowledge that the imposition of a financial governess by the U.S. will maintain fiscal discipline on the local politicians, they chafe at what they see as a colonial paternalism of the board for the benefit of Wall Street. (Last week, federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain decided that the PROMESA board’s nominee to head the electric company did not trump the governor’s choice.)

Puerto Ricans were leaving the island in droves before the storm hit, and the process of out-migration is likely to accelerate now. In the “should I stay or should I go?” decision that boricuas face, they must consider the insolvent government of Puerto Rico, the dysfunction of the authorities’ response, the recurrent power outages, and an economic crisis that was dire to begin with.

An estimated 150,000 Puerto Ricans have already left, with an estimated 2,000 arriving every day in central Florida. These American citizens should constitute a formidable voting bloc in future elections.

But others still bet on Puerto Rico. Walid Garga is a former United Nations employee who moved to Puerto Rico and owns a bed-and-breakfast. His hotel was flooded, and his employees fled for the mainland. He could leave too but is rebuilding.

“Why wouldn’t you live in Puerto Rico? It’s the best place on Earth,” he counters. “The people are nice; the weather is awesome. I love this place.”

SEE ALSO: Here's how Puerto Rico got into so much debt

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'Record Safari': How the owner of Coachella's record store travels across the country to find vinyl for the festival

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As the owner and curator of Coachella's on-site record store, Alex Rodriguez has a keen eye for unique and noteworthy vinyl.

In the past four years, leading up to the annual California music festival, Rodriguez has embarked on months-long, cross-country road trips to stock the festival store up to its typical quota of around 30,000 used records.

He travels to well-known stores and obscure stops, seeking out hard-to-find records and other vinyl he sees potential demand for.

For this year's trip, the concept of Rodriguez's search for records caught the eye of an independent film crew, who joined him on the trip and is producing a feature-length documentary about it, titled "Record Safari."

Business Insider met Rodriguez and the film crew at a used record store in New York City, around the halfway point in their trip. We discussed how he goes about picking records, his view on the increased demand for vinyl in recent years, and the most interesting spots that he's found records at in the U.S.

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We met Rodriguez at Academy Records, a new-and-used vinyl shop in Manhattan's East Village. He and the documentary crew following him arrived in a van.



Rodriguez, 37, described how he was "thrown into" his job as Coachella's record store owner. He was working at the Glass House Record Store in Pomona, California, when the opportunity presented itself. The festival previously had a group of vendors selling vinyl, but that fell through in 2013, and Coachella's managers asked him to put a store together in 2 months.



"It was not the best store," he said, "because I had two months to get like 20,000 records. But they liked it enough and said, 'You're the in-house guy now.'"



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The 5 workouts that burn the most calories in an hour

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Sometimes there isn't enough time in the day for a full workout. If you don't have much time to hit the gym after work, try one of these workouts that are guaranteed to burn a ton of calories.

Editor's note: This video was originally published on April 4, 2017.

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Business moguls like Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos have been married for over 20 years — here are the keys to their success

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• Marriage is hard work for anyone.

• But some of the biggest names in business are enjoying very long marriages with their partners.

• Business Insider looked into each marriage to get a sense of the strategies each couple uses to make things work.



Marriage takes a lot of work.

So how do some of the biggest names in business manage to juggle their relationships while also running huge companies and organizations?

The answer is, it depends. No two relationships are exactly alike, and different pairs may employ different strategies in order to achieve marital bliss.

Still, a number of business moguls have seemingly got things figured out. Top businesspeople like Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates have both been married for over 20 years.

Here's a look at a few relationship strategies employed by some of the biggest names in business.

SEE ALSO: A look inside the marriage of world's richest couple, Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos — who met at work, were engaged in 3 months, and own more land than almost anyone else in America

Equality and a strong sense of partnership are important to any marriage. But when Bill and Melinda Gates first started dating, they weren't on an even playing field. He was the CEO and founder of Microsoft, while she was a product manager at the company. Melinda later said her relationship with her husband of 23 years has changed over time.



"We've had to change to really be coequals," she told Fortune. "It's not something that immediately happens overnight, but we're both committed to it." Today, the couple even runs their namesake powerhouse philanthropic organization together.

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Some analysts believe Amazon is on track to become the first trillion dollar company in the world. However, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his novelist wife MacKenzie are what family friend Danny Hillis called "such a normal, close-knit family, it's almost abnormal," according to Vogue.



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How '4-Hour Workweek' author Tim Ferriss went from a struggling entrepreneur to a bestselling author and podcast host with millions of fans

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  • Tim Ferriss struggled with an online business after college and was unsure of what to do with his life.
  • His 2007 book, "The 4-Hour Workweek," was based on his business and travels and became a surprise bestseller.
  • Over the past 10 years, Ferriss has built a brand that has attracted millions of fans from around the world.

 



Just over 10 years ago, Tim Ferriss felt overworked, restless, and unsure of what he wanted to do with his life. Then he took what he learned from his experiences as an entrepreneur and traveler and wrote "The 4-Hour Workweek," a book whose massive success surprised himself most of all.

Ferriss took the momentum of that book and created a brand around being a "human guinea pig," seeking out experts in their fields to learn some of their techniques and incorporate them into his own life before passing them on to his audience. He's now had several bestsellers, including his new book "Tribe of Mentors," and a podcast that's surpassed 200 million downloads.

We recently spoke with Ferriss for Business Insider's podcast, "Success! How I Did It," and he took us through his unlikely journey.

SEE ALSO: The 4-Hour Workweek' author Tim Ferriss reveals what he's learned after a difficult year of introspection, and how he built a passionate fanbase of millions

Ferriss was born in 1977 on Long Island. He said that although his parents didn't have much money, they would always buy books for him, and it's how he developed a love for learning.

Ferriss was small for his age as a child, and he said kids would pick on him because of his size. When he was around eight years old, his mom signed him up for wrestling classes, a sport that laid the foundation for his love of experimenting with workouts and diets that he would develop as a teenager.



As a high school sophomore, Ferriss transferred to the elite New Hampshire boarding school, St. Paul's School, with help from his grandparents and academic scholarships. At age 15, he spent a year as an exchange student in Japan.

Ferriss' trip to Japan was his first time traveling abroad, and he said it was "a huge formative experience in my life."

He considers this part of his life to be an awakening to the realization that there was a huge world beyond where he grew up, and it fostered his passion for exploring other cultures.



St. Paul's led Ferriss to Princeton, where he majored in East Asian studies.



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13 common products you didn't know could solve problems around the house

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Just because a product gets the job done doesn't mean it's a one-trick pony.

In a recent AskReddit thread, people shared their favorite products that also pull double-duty as solutions to other problems (One caveat: we haven't actually tried these, so experiment at your own risk).

How many of these products have you found alternative uses for?

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Newspapers rival any rag for streak-free cleaning.

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Nail polish remover on a cotton ball easily removes hair dye from surfaces.

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Binder clips make better chip clips than the actual chip clips.

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These are the 3 foods you should eat for a better sleep, according to a nutritionist

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  • A quarter of British adults reportedly suffer from disrupted sleep.
  • Busy lives and hectic city living make it difficult to switch off at bedtime.
  • Nutritionist Dr Lisa Gatenby believes that milk, brazil nuts, and carbohydrates are the key to getting a good night's sleep.


Many of us are over-stimulated in our everyday lives and struggle to wind down in the evening.

When it comes to putting head to the pillow and trying to clock off, there's nothing more frustrating than a body and brain that won't stop racing. 

A quarter of adults report poor sleep, according to nutritionist Dr Lisa Gatenby. Not getting enough sleep can lead to poor hand-eye coordination, troublesome skin, a depleted immune system, and even poor diet choices.

However, Gatenby believes that a good diet can, in fact, improve the quality of our sleep.

For Gatenby, there are three foods that are better than any others when it comes to helping our bodies unwind by the time our head hits the pillow.

1. A warm, milky drink

"It's something your Grandmother will have told you to do as a child, but there is scientific evidence to support this," said Gatenby.

"Milk is shown to help our muscles relax and thereby helps the body relax and get ready to sleep."

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2. Brazil nuts

If you find yourself tossing and turning through the night, try nibbling on a couple of brazil nuts before bedtime.

"These are high in the nutrient selenium," explained Gatenby.

Selenium has dozens of benefits for all aspects of body, including cognitive function, hair and nails, the immune system, and even fertility for both genders.

"If we don’t have enough of this in our diet we can struggle to get to sleep. Three Brazil nuts is enough."

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3. Filling carbohydrates

There's a reason why we turn to carbs in our moments of need. Carbohydrates trigger a release of serotonin, according to Gatenby, which consequently causes feelings of wellbeing and happiness.

Sometimes this sense of fulfilment is all we need to help us drift off in the evening. 

"Have carbohydrates with your evening meal," advised Gatenby. Serotonin helps to calm the body, so a dinner laden with carbohydrates such as sweet potatoes, potatoes, rice, and even pasta will not only fill you up but also make you feel good and improve your quality of sleep that night."

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There are also three things you should avoid before bed, according to Gatenby.

1. Sugary snacks

While carbs can help, you need to be smart in which ones you select — Dr Gatenby doesn't recommend any sugary snacks or starchy foods before bedtime.

"Avoid sugary foods which cause spikes in our blood sugar throughout the day and makes us feel worse rather than better. Sugar contains no nutrients and nothing our body needs," she said.

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2. Caffeine

"Avoid caffeine after lunchtime," Gatenby advised.

"It might be nice to enjoy a morning cuppa or coffee, however, avoid it after lunch and switch to water to hydrate."

It's not just coffee that's the culprit, either.

"Even decaf varieties [of some coffee and instant coffee] contain some caffeine (often around 12mg per mug) and can disrupt sleep in some people. Remember cans of coke, energy drinks, and chocolate also contain caffeine!"

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3. Alcohol

"Reduce your alcohol intake," advised Gatenby.

"Although it may help you feel sleepy, the effects are short-lived and [it] prevents the body from falling into a deeper sleep, meaning you will feel tired in the morning. It also provides empty calories and sugar and so is best limited to one small glass!"

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Tech execs and fashion — an up-close look at the carefully cultivated personal styles of the Valley's elite

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Silicon Valley is known for a lot of things, but high-fashion isn't one of them. 

Its elite show up to meetings in pajamas, fleece vests have become the go-to uniform of venture capital investors, and many high-powered executives are so obsessed with efficiency, they've adopted a boring, unfashionable uniform they wear each day without fail. 

But don't let the Valley's nerdy reputation fool you — there are plenty of executives who dress to impress. 

Instagram's Kevin Systrom has proclaimed that he's "probably the only guy in Silicon Valley who enjoys wearing a jacket or a tie," while Snap CEO Evan Spiegel (who is actually based in LA) has appeared in the pages of Italian Vogue. Uber's Bozoma Saint John doesn't shy away from bright colors or daring designs, and Microsoft's Satya Nadella is often spotted in $500 designer sneakers

Business Insider pored through photos of the top executives in the world of tech to determine who has a great fashion sense and who needs some help. We eliminated anyone who simply doesn't care — Alphabet's Sergey Brin— or those who always look presentable if a bit bland, like HPE's Meg Whitman. Others, like Apple's Jony Ive, made the list because of their role within the company they work for — Ive is design chief at Apple, so his fashion choices must face some scrutiny. 

The ranking was based, whenever possible, on three clothing categories — casual, business, and formal wear — and were further evaluated for attention to trends, fit, and color choices. 

For each exec, we also found some of their exact clothes — or similar items — so you can replicate their look.  

What follows is a non-scientific ranking of the fashion sense of some of the top executives in Silicon Valley:

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19. Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook

The Facebook's CEO cleans up nicely at awards ceremonies (pictured above) and his clothes are always well-fitted. Another point in his favor: in recent years, he's ditched his signature hoodie. 

But he's at the bottom of the list due to his insistence these days on wearing one thing and one thing only: A gray crewneck t-shirt, jeans, and Nike running shoes. 



Get Zuckerberg's look:

- Brunello Cucinelli cotton crew neck t-shirt, gray: $295 (Zuckerberg wears the brand, but his tees are special made and reportedly cost between $300 and $400).

Nike Flyknit Lunar 3, wolf grey: $150



18. Jony Ive, chief design officer at Apple

Apple's design boss, Jony Ive, is regarded as one of the most respected minds in design. He's responsible for the look and feel of every Apple product, including the packaging. 

Ive can look good in formal wear; he has a quirky penchant for white tie ensembles and throwback looks, like coats with tails. And he gets points for creativity with his clothing choices. But overall, his personal packaging could use some refining. 

His pants are often too long and his shirts too oversized. He often opts for garish colors like orange jackets and red socks. He also frequently looks rumpled and disheveled.



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Doing this for 5 minutes every day can help people who suffer from depression

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Dan Harris, ABC Nightline News anchor and author of 10% Happier, reveals how one daily practice has been scientifically proven to help those who suffer from depression. 

Editor's note: This video was originally published on December 25, 2015.

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The most stunning photos Business Insider took in 2017

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Business Insider's visual features team has covered a lot of ground this year. 

From coast to coast, they documented CEOs hard at work, Wall Streeters sweating during intense 6 a.m. workouts, and bartenders serving up delicious cocktails, just to name a few.

Ahead, see 30 of the best photos our team took this year. All photos are by Melia RobinsonHollis Johnson, Daniel Brown, and Sarah Jacobs.   

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We visited the swanky Washington, DC neighborhood that Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump, and the Obamas call home

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Everybody who is anybody in the nation's capital lives in the neighborhood of Kalorama — at least, it must feel that way sometimes.

Situated north of Dupont Circle, the historic neighborhood is home to numerous bigwigs in media, politics, diplomacy, and lobbying.

Barack and Michelle Obama moved there in January after exiting the White House, while Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump moved to the neighborhood after President Donald Trump took office.

But they are far from the only big names in the neighborhood, which counts Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Bloomberg Media CEO Justin Smith, Fox News host Chris Wallace and countless others among its residents.

We took a walk through Kalorama on a recent trip to Washington, D.C. to see why the area is such a coveted destination.

Kalorama is located in northwest Washington D.C., just above Dupont Circle. It's actually two neighborhoods: Sheridan-Kalorama (in yellow) and Kalorama Triangle (in purple).



We started our tour in Kalorama Triangle, around 20th St NW and Wyoming Ave. Most Kalorama residents consider the "real" Kalorama to be in Sheridan-Kalorama.



But Kalorama Triangle houses one of the city's oldest luxury apartment buildings, The Mendota, which was first built in 1901 and has long had upper-class residents.



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