The author of this post is an international student from Cambodia currently working in the financial services industry in NYC. The post is based on his personal experience as an immigrant and from accounts of other immigrants' experiences.

I think that anyone from any part of the world can find a place in the United States. You will never feel that as a foreigner that you won't have access to the same opportunities that Americans do.

Visa issues are a nuisance sometimes, but if you play your cards right, that can be easily sorted. This is truly a great country where hard work and smarts pay off.

A few pointers:

1. Get used to Fahrenheit, pounds, miles etc. (They don't make any logical sense and are not based on decimal conversions)

2. Tipping: You are expected to tip here. Tip 15-20% depending on the service you receive. Must at restaurants. You should also tip cabbies, hairdressers...but not as much as you would in restaurants.

3. Depending on where you are in the country, don't be surprised if random people smile at you or ask you how your day is going. Just smile. Americans are very friendly. None of this will happen if you come to NYC though. From the countries I have visited in Asia/Europe, Americans are the friendliest. This is not Europe — in general, people are warm and nice. Don't be surprised if people strike up a conversation in public transportation and restaurants.

4. If Americans ask you "How are you?" or "How is your day going?" at the office, no one actually expects you to reply. It's just a way of greeting people here.

5. Food: Everything is so artificial and bad unless you go to a higher end market. Even Coke is made with high fructose corn syrup, not real sugar unlike the rest of the world. The chicken that you get in supermarkets is laden with chemicals, you can literally taste the chemicals. American chocolate (i.e Hersheys) to put it very kindly, is bad. Too much sugar in everything — and that is most probably HFCS.

6. No matter what you have heard about America in popular culture, Americans are very well-mannered compared with the rest of the world. Don't cut lines in this country, seriously! American drivers are also very well mannered and people follow the lanes etc. (Again you might find exceptions in places like NYC, but I feel like NYC isn't a very good representation of this country) People will hold doors for you, and you are expected to do so as well.

7. Americans like their personal space. When you talk to people, maintain some distance. Same goes with personal issues. Don't ask people about their personal issues and don't tell people about your personal issues.

8. The food portions are HUGE here. You might find this shocking — I did too — but Americans take their leftovers home when they eat out in a restaurant. (Yuck!!!). A lot of people are fat and obese.

9. The Asian food you get here is not really Asian. It's watered down for American taste.

10. Same with Mexican food.

11. I don't even want to waste time on commenting how bad American beer is. There is an burgeoning culture of microbreweries though. (American beer = Budweiser, PBR, Coors, etc.)

12. Americans are actually religious. This is 2014 and a substantial portion of the population believes in god!

13. Americans are trained from a very young age to be fair. Fairness is built into the American DNA. I really can not explain this, but you'll see what I mean. There is a lot of trust here. Obviously things are different after 9/11, and things are different in big cities, but you will still find people who leave their doors unlocked.

14. Do not discuss politics here. Political discussions here are driven by echo chambers on both the extreme left and far right (i.e. MSNBC vs Fox). Watch the BBC to understand America. CBS is the best American news source, in my opinion.

15. Americans are very patriotic about their country as they should be. This does not apply to some in the far left who think America is the source of all evil in the world.

16. If you are a foreigner coming to America after your college/undergrad you might find this strange: There is this concept of loyalty to the college you went to. You will not find Germans jogging with U of Heidelberg T-shirts in Frankfurt, but you will find plenty of people in NYC jogging with T-shirts that have the names of their alma mater. College and universities (except the state affiliated ones) do not get funding from the government. This is where the loyalty thing comes into play. Ever wondered how some US universities have endowments bigger than the GDP of many countries? It's alumni contributions. And even the state funded ones get money from their past students.

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A replica of the Statue of Liberty in Shenyang, Northeast China, has been making the rounds on Twitter this morning.

But this isn't the first time we've seen large-scale replicas of global tourist destinations in China.

The Asian giant with a rich cultural heritage of its own, has also incorporated architectural styles from around the world and in some instances tried to replicate Paris and towns in England.

Shanghai rolled out a "One city, Nine Towns" scheme with small towns built in a different international style.

We compiled 16 spots that China ripped off — admittedly, some of these are part of larger theme parks.

EGYPT: A full-scale replica of the Sphinx sits in what will be a theme park on the outskirts of Shijiazhuang, Hebei province.

BUDDHAS: China has a replica of the 'Buddhas of Bamiyan' that were destroyed by the Taliban.

POLYNESIA: Replicas of the Moai statues carved by the Rapa Nui people in Easter Island can be seen in Beijing.

Reddit user JalapenoJaques graduated high school in 2001. So he started a thread wondering how education has changed in the last 13 years.

The seven facts below present relatively new additions to common knowledge or even corrections to continuing misconceptions. Time to update some textbooks.

1. The world has five oceans now.

Traditional geography formerly taught four oceans — the Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic, and Indian.

But in 2000, the International Hydrographic Organization combined the southern portions of the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans to create a fifth addition to the list, the Southern Ocean, shown above.

(h/t agt_michael_scarn)

2. Today, a food plate, not a pyramid, represents ideal nutrition.

At the behest of the First Lady in 2011, the USDA ditched its 2005 variation of the original 1992 food pyramid.

The original suggested portions for various food groups, like 2 or 3 servings daily of dairy, while the new plate shows general amounts. For example, half your plate should include fruits and veggies.

"This is a quick, simple reminder for all of us to be more mindful of the foods that we’re eating," Michelle Obama said.

(h/t puffer567)

3. We realized humans continually grow brain cells.

Until the 1980s, scientists thought adult humans had all the neurons we'd ever have.

Working off previous research, a scientist named Michael Kaplan found neural precursor cells in the brain of an adult monkey, suggesting its brain underwent neurogenesis, or the creation of neurons.

Evidence of adult neurogenesis also appeared in the '90s but without adequate replicability.

Then, in 2013, researchers determined the age of hippocampus cells from deceased individuals. Cells found younger than the individual effectively proved that the human brain does create its own neurons. Conclusively, the brain maintains a steady supply of younger cells — even though humans undergo an overall loss as we age.

(h/t HereForTheFish)             

4. We finally understand how water travels into the cells.

Previously, modern science couldn't quite explain how water traveled so rapidly through cell membranes. They include non-water-soluble phoso-lipid bilayer, which water can't pass through.

Then, in 2003, Peter Agre and Roderick MacKinnon discovered protein channels in the cell membrane, called aquaporins, which allow water to enter the cell. They won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for their work.

The duo also researched a slew of other channels and valves crucial to our understanding of cell function.

(h/t andGuards)

5. We don't know as much about protons as we thought.

Previously, scientists thought they had the radius of a proton down. But in 2013, an international team of researchers conducted the study again, and they came up with a significantly different number. The new measurement was about 4% smaller than we previously thought. 

That difference, albeit small, presents sort of a puzzle. Either the earlier test was wrong, the new calculation is wrong, or we don't understand quantum electrodynamics — the way light and matter interact — as well as we thought.

(h/t restrider)

6. Brontosaurus isn't a real dinosaur anymore. In fact, it never was.

When you think of a giant plant-eating dinosaur with a lengthy neck, a Brontosaurus probably comes to mind.

But technically, the Brontosaurus doesn't even exist. It actually resulted from a combination of two other dinosaurs: Apatosaurus and Camarasaurus.

The misconception all started with a period in paleontology known as "The Bone Wars." Two paleontologists, Othniel Charles Marsh and Edward Drinker Cope, were engaged in a bitter rivalry for evidence of dinosaurs.

In 1877, in the heat of the conflict, Marsh discovered a partial skeleton, unfortunately lacking a head, which he named Apatosaurus. He used the skull of another dinosaur, a Camarasaurus, to finish the replica.

But when Marsh discovered another skeleton two years later, he named it Brontosaurus, when in reality, he had just found a more complete Apatosaurus.

Scientists spotted the mistake in 1903, but the Carnegie Museum didn't replace the head on the skeleton until 1979. Many today still don't know the truth.

(h/t Soulrush)

7. The "God Particle" is real.

As far back as the 1960s, scientists have theorized about the Higgs Boson, or Higgs particle, also called the "God Particle." Its discovery was the final puzzle piece in the Standard Model, a physics theory that attempts to describe the interaction between particles — and thus, explain the creation and existence of all life.

The discovery of the Higgs Boson was of such vital importance that scientists spent 40 years trying to prove (or disprove it). And in 2013, François Englert and Peter W. Higgs finally did. They were awarded the Nobel Prize in physics that year for their work discovering the particle.

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The text on the cornerstone of Pennsylvania Hospital, the nation's first hospital, can still be viewed under its plexiglass cover. "This building," Benjamin Franklin wrote in the inscription, "was piously founded for the relief of the sick and miserable."

The hospital was created in 1751 by progressives, and yet many of its design elements would seem primitive to us now. On the ground floor "were the cells for lunatics," with a long hallway "for such patients as could be trusted to walk about," an 1897 history of the Philadelphia landmark noted. The state-of-the-art building also included open fireplaces and "ventilators to carry off the foul air."

But while some of the building's most forward-thinking features seem backwards today, American hospitals of the future may take at least one important cue from their earliest predecessor, which was seen not just as a place for the sick but as a crown jewel of a quickly growing city.

Pennsylvania Hospital's opening ceremonies were such a big event that the city's schools were dismissed so that children could be in attendance for the historic occasion. While it's difficult to imagine a hospital opening today creating enough excitement for a citywide holiday, we may again be moving beyond thinking of such critical institutions only when we fall ill — or at least hospital architects see some hopeful signs.

In Sickness And In Health

In the future, "hospitals can and should become more of a centerpiece of the community," said Charles Griffin, president of AIA's Academy of Architecture for Health, in an interview. "They're transitioning from a place for sickness to a place where you can learn about health."

This focus on wellness and preventative care is a driving principle of the Affordable Care Act and a healthcare trend in general, so it's no surprise that it's being reflected in the designs of hospitals themselves. While no amount of preventative care will remove the need for emergency rooms, trauma centers, and intensive care, the hope is that hospitals might expand their services that help keep people out of their sickest wards.

A growingbody of research has suggested that better-designed hospitals — with private rooms, plenty of windows, natural light, and noise control — are actually associated with shorter stays and better outcomes for patients. And beginning in the 1990s, hospitals began going even further, adding demonstration kitchens, for example, to teach patients how to cook healthy meals when they leave.

Griffin pointed to Florida Hospital Celebration Health as a living example of what hospitals in the future could look like.

Doctor Disney

The resort-like hospital, built in 1997, is in the somewhat Stepfordian community of Celebration, the planned village that was designed by and is adjacent to Walt Disney World. "It was built specifically to be in Mickey Mouse land," said Griffin. "They went way out of their way to focus on health and not illness."

To that end, it was conceived as a hospital that felt more like a community center — somewhere you might want to stick around. "The hospital's strategy is to offer a wide range of health services under one roof, as if combining a doctor's office with a health club and a restaurant," The Orlando Sentinel reported when the project was enjoined. "That way, patients can get a physical or a lab test and finish up the visit with a swim or a class in nutrition at an activities center."

Fancy hospitals are not good for our ballooning healthcare costs, and don't necessarily translate into better care. Luxury healthcare, in any case, is not equally available to everyone.

But there is a boom in hospital construction, and taking a look at the almost surreal world of Celebration Health might provide a glimpse of the future — or at least the possibility — of tomorrow's hospitals.

Celebration's Mediterranean-style architecture is meant to evoke a resort:

Here is the front entrance. It was designed to feel more like a hotel than a hospital:

The hospital says the grounds are "landscaped to create a superior environment for recovery." Here's a view of one of the "healing gardens":

The patient rooms are designed with smart technology to give patients more control, and large windows let in an abundance of natural light:

The exterior areas of the fitness center look more like Disney World than a typical hospital:

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Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss may have made a big real estate purchase, the New York Observer is reporting.

Last week, developer Justin Ehrlich sold his penthouse in New York City's swanky Soho neighborhood for a reported $14.5 million. According to the Observer, the buyer's address is the same as the Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust in Delaware.

If the Winklevoss twins did indeed buy the loft from Ehrlich, they'll have plenty of space for the both of them. The 4,300-square-foot loft has three bedrooms and a wraparound terrace with sweeping views of Manhattan. It's also gorgeous, with white oak flooring and lots of steel and glass design details.  

You'll see a spacious living and dining area when you enter the sixth-floor apartment.

The space feels very modern, with large windows letting in lots of light on one side.

There's a place for a flat-screen TV in the kitchen.

Top travel destinations like Paris and New York get so many visitors each year that trips to these destinations can be disappointing experiences filled with crowded tourist sites, overpriced hotels, and bad restaurants. 

So it makes sense that travelers are looking to other, lesser-known destinations for their next trip. 

Love Home Swap compiled a list of the top 50 up-and-coming countries to watch, based on data from the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC). They compared growth figures for each country by looking at the annual growth per year figures for travel and tourism's direct contribution to the country's GDP between 2014 and 2024.

The list was dominated by countries in Africa, with Namibia taking the number one spot. Sixteen other African countries made the list, including Zambia (No. 3), Angola (No. 4), and Cameroon (No. 16).

Several Asian countries also made the list, including China (No. 5), Burma (No. 7), Cambodia (No. 8), and Thailand (No. 9). 

Although some of these destinations don't necessarily have the infrastructure ready yet to support tourism, they are building up hotels, restaurants, and shops that cater to foreign visitors and promoting themselves as top tourist destinations.

See the infographic below for the full list.

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We're looking for a reporter who wants to spend his or her days writing about all things transportation-related. We cover the entire space — from cars and trains to planes, yachts, motorcycles, and even space travel.

Here are the kinds of stories this reporter would cover:

• Breaking news like the disappearance of Malaysia Flight 370, the massive GM recall, and nightmare gridlock after it snowed in Atlanta
• Test-driving everything from Ferrari's f12Berlinetta to a Vespa scooter
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Stuck on a bad date? A new device aims to solve that problem with a bit of clever technology.

The Guardian Angel is a silver pendant that connects with a phone app.

If you're feeling uncomfortable or just want to end a terrible conversation, press a secret button on the pendant and the app will call you, giving you the perfect excuse to ditch out.

The pendant can be worn as a necklace or a bracelet, and if the situation veers towards dangerous, you can hold down the button, which will send a message to a friend with your GPS coordinates. 

The product was designed by an ad agency called JWT Singapore, and was the end result of a campaign educating women about date rape. 

“Some young women may not feel confident enough to tell a guy — especially one they know or think they may like, or is part of an extended social group — who’s starting to get drunk and too touchy to shove off,” JWT’s chief creative officer Valerie Cheng told Fast Company.

Depending on how you want to wear it, the pendant is priced anywhere from $120 to $180. 

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If you've ever wondered how best-selling authors went from Elinor Dashwood to Bella Swan, math — believe it or not — can help.

Tyler Vigen, the statistician who brought us hilarious spurious correlations, did some work with words, too. He analyzed several of the most popular novels from the early 1800s to today, focusing on elements like sentence length and punctuation. 

"I chose these books because they were seven of the all-time best-selling novels (which sold more than 50 million copies) that were written in English ... that were spaced in time periods," Vigen told Business Insider via email.

Now, these books might not represent their respective time periods, but the data provides interesting insight nonetheless. Some of the charts exhibit clear trends, while others seem more random.

Sentence length appears to be declining over time. It's also important to note the number of words and sentences in each book, shown in the chart below.

 "Sense and Sensibility" and "Twilight" contain about the same number of words — 119,000. But Jane Austen wrote roughly half as many sentences as Stephanie Meyer — 5,179 compared to 12,386, respectively.

While this trend could relate to later authors, in comparison, writing for young audiences, it's fair to say that Victorian England possessed a greater appreciation for paragraph-long sentences than we do today.

Here, "unique" means "different from every previously encountered word in the book," according to Vigen.

"Twilight" included greater word variation than many other novels, including Austen's work. But the most interesting relationship appears when you consider words used per unique word, shown in the chart below. 

The lower the number in the last column, the more extensive the author's vocabulary. In this case, Mark Twain takes the top spot. For every nine words he wrote, one of them had never appeared in the "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Before" before. 

Adjective frequency appears to be increasing over time. 

The decline of the semicolon in writing is a clear trend.

"Sense and Sensibility" included 1,572 semicolons — one every 3.3 sentences on average. In a book of about the same number of words, Meyer used only 224 (one every 55.3 sentences).

Commas and other punctuation marks present less of a trend. 

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Elegant, rustic, and exquisite — French cuisine both intimidates and inspires diners around the world.

Adaptations of French cooking here in the States have garnered no shortage of recognition. Le Bernardin, New York's high-end seafood restaurant helmed by Chef Eric Ripert, recently topped our list of the 45 Best Restaurants In America. In fact, 11 French restaurants secured spots.

For the list, we looked at five notable restaurant rankings compiled by food critics, diners, and experts, and combined these rankings to create the ultimate list of the Best Restaurants. (You can read our complete methodology and see numerical scores here).

We pulled the top French restaurants from our list, and ranked them here so you can see the best places to get your foie gras on in America.

Bon appétit!

11. Galatoire's

209 Bourbon St., New Orleans, LA

Chef: Michael Sichel

Debuting at No. 37 on Business Insider's list, Galatoire's emphasizes French culture and tradition from its French Quarter kitchen.

Chef Sichel spent more than 13 years honing his skills in Provence, France. He brings some New Orleans Cajun cooking to the table as well with signature dishes like the seafood-okra gumbo and the chicken creole.

10. Le Pigeon

738 E Burnside St., Portland, OR

Chef: Gabriel Rucker

You can't go to Le Pigeon and not order its namesake dish, which is served with blood sausage, cipollini, asparagus, and egg yolk. Or try some other dishes from their $75-to-$95 prix fixe menus.

Le Pigeon scored the No. 36 spot on our list.

9. Chez Panisse

1517 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, CA

Chef: Alice Waters

Chez Panisse took a dip on BI's ranking this year (from No. 9 to No. 28), but this neighborhood bistro remains distinguished for its dedication to a "good, clean, and fair" food economy and for growing the slow food movement.

Chef Waters and friends opened its doors in 1971 and named the restaurant after Honoré Panisse, a character in a 1930s movie trilogy about waterfront life in Marseille, France.

Manhattan’s famous Woolworth Building — once the tallest skyscraper in the world — could soon be home to a nine-story penthouse valued at $110 million, according to Bloomberg News.

The upper floors of the 58-story Woolworth Building on Madison Square Park are being converted into 34 luxury apartments by developer Alchemy Properties. Plans show that the ceilings will range in height from 11 to 14 feet, and residents will have their own separate lobby and elevators (the rest of the tower consists of office space).

The penthouse apartment will be at the pinnacle of the tower, and will no doubt have breathtaking views of the city. Its staggering nine-figure price tag also makes it the most expensive condominium in downtown Manhattan's real estate history, according to Bloomberg.

So what makes it worth the price? The nearly 9,000-square-foot, four-bedroom penthouse will have nine floors, its own private elevator, and a 584-square-foot terrace. There’s also a library, wine cellar, and a private observation deck.

Bloomberg reports that sales for the building are scheduled to take place in fall of 2014, with new tenants moving into the luxury residence in 2016 once construction is complete. There will be a range of condos hitting the market, with prices starting at $3.5 million for a 1,209-square-foot apartment on the 44th floor to the $110 million penthouse.

The Woolworth Building was completed in 1913 and is 792 feet tall. It was the tallest building in the world until 1930, when a nearby tower on 40 Wall Street was built, followed closely by the Chrysler Building (1930) and the Empire State Building (1931).

Though the Woolworth Building’s $110 million penthouse is pricey, it’s not the most expensive home to ever be listed in New York City. The Residence at River House was listed for $130 million before it was taken off the market, and an Upper East Side mansion was listed for $114 million in December of last year.

Looks like nine-figure apartments in New York City could be the new norm.

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New Hampshire is the drunkest state in America, according to a new report from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.

The study calculated alcohol consumption per capita for each state using beverage sales as well as tax receipt data from 2012. Because the amount of ethanol varies among beer, wine, and spirits, researchers used a conversion to estimate average ethanol content.

The findings show the typical New Hampshire resident, age 14 or older, consumes 4.65 gallons of ethanol every year. That translates to 1.9 gallons of beer, .86 gallons of wine, and 1.89 gallons of spirits. 

New Hampshire's numbers sit well above the national average of 2.33 gallons of ethanol per year. Residents in the District of Columbia, which came in second place, only consume 3.89 gallons of ethanol per year. The state with the lowest amount of consumption, 1.37 gallons per year per resident, is Utah. 

As the map shows, the Northeast (and D.C.) and states in the Heartland and Mountain regions tend to imbibe more the rest of the country. 

Visit this link for the full data, ranked below in our own spreadsheet. 

Healthy People 2020 has set the national objective for alcohol consumption at 2.1 gallons. While 2.3 seems relatively close, per capita consumption would need to decrease 1.3% nationally every year for eight years to reach that goal, according to the report.

Americans' consumption in 2012 actually increased 2.2% from 2.28 gallons in 2011. Only seven states' consumption decreased, including New Hampshire. 

The study also analyzed long-term data. Americans' consumption steadily increased since post-Prohibition 1934 and peaked in 1980 and 1981 at 2.76 gallons. Since then, consumption has fluctuated. 

Here's a breakdown, considering specific type of alcohol, since 1977. Needless to say, modern Americans love their wine. 

h/t Esquire

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We write lotsofstoriesaboutsuccess here at Business Insider, but we don't always agree on its definition. 

Merriam-Webster defines it as "the fact of getting or achieving wealth, respect, or fame," but this interpretation doesn't feel complete. 

With that in mind, we researched what foremost authors, inventors, and entrepreneurs consider success to be. 

Read on to see how Richard Branson, Maya Angelou, Deepak Chopra, and others define success. 

Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington says that money and power aren't enough.

Huffington says that while we tend to think of success along two metrics — money and power — we need to add a third.

"To live the lives we truly want and deserve, and not just the lives we settle for, we need a Third Metric," she says, "a third measure of success that goes beyond the two metrics of money and power, and consists of four pillars: well-being, wisdom, wonder, and giving."

Together, those factors help you to take care of your psychological life and truly be successful, or as the title of her new book suggests, "Thrive." 

Legendary basketball coach John Wooden says it's a matter of satisfaction.

With 620 victories and 10 national titles, Wooden is the winningest coach in college basketball history. 

But his definition is more about competing with yourself than the other guy:

"Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming," he said.

Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh says success is about living in accordance with your values.

"Your personal core values define who you are, and a company's core values ultimately define the company's character and brand," Hsieh writes in "Delivering Happiness," his memoir about building Zappos.

"For individuals, character is destiny," he says. "For organizations, culture is destiny." 

Taco Bell parent company Yum! Brands is launching a new Asian sandwich shop in Dallas. 

Called Banh Shop, the restaurant will sell banh mi sandwiches, which typically consist of pickled vegetables and meat on a crispy French baguette, Escape Hatch Dallas reports.

The restaurant will reportedly be located near the campus of Southern Methodist University.

We've reached out to the company for more information and will update when we hear back. 

Yum!, which also owns KFC and Pizza Hut, recently opened another test restaurant called Super Chix in Arlington, Tex., which sells chicken tenders and chicken sandwiches. The menu is similar to Chick-fil-A's.

The company has also announced plans to open an upscale taco chain in California called U.S. Taco Co. and Urban Taproom.

Yum Brands is experimenting with new restaurant concepts as customer traffic has been steadily declining at fast food restaurants.

Guest counts at fast food vendors were flat last year compared to a year earlier, while fast casual chains — such as Chipotle and Panera — saw 8% average growth in traffic, according to The NPD Group.

Fast casual restaurants are typically more expensive than fast food and customers perceive them to have higher quality ingredients.

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A Shanghai police officer recently stumbled on an unusual sight — a full-sized replica of Batman's Tumbler Batmobile from "The Dark Knight Rises," according to GB Times. The replica Tumbler was built by a 26 year-old prop maker named Li Weilei, who has managed to turn his love for the caped crusader into a booming business.

In addition to the Tumbler spotted by the police officer, Li claims to have constructed more than a dozen replica Batmobiles, according to Shanghaiist. The Tumbler, which cost Li and four of his friends roughly 70,000 yuan ($11,000) and took two months to build, is constructed out of 10 tons of scrap metal. The completed replica is only for static display and does not have an engine or functional steering. However, the model's spartan interior does have a driver's seat and steering wheel. Demand for the display Tumbler is high. Local business owners are lining up to rent the rolling publicity stunt for $1,600 per day. According to an interview with Sina, the owner claims that the Tumbler is generating about $10,000 to $11,000 a month in revenue.

More importantly, Batman fans can buy a replica Tumbler of their own for around 100,000 yuan ($16,000).

For reference, here is the actual Tumbler arriving at the European premiere of "The Dark Knight." Can you tell the difference?

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Are you doing something incredible this summer? Maybe you're volunteering in a far away place, studying at a school abroad, or spending your 3 months off traveling the world.

We want to hear about it for Business Insider's education section. 

We're looking for great stories about the interesting and unique stuff you're doing this summer. For inspiration, check out these photos of what it's like to do a semester at sea, and an ex-banker's sabbatical trip around Asia.

If you think your summer plans fit what we're looking for please document it and take lots of photos. Then shoot us an email at colleges@businessinsider.com. Give us a brief summary of your experience and attach a photo or two. If we're interested in hearing more, we'll follow up.

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