Surprising Facts About Elon Musk

Elon Musk created and sold a video game to a magazine when he was 12 years old

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His first startup was Zip2

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Musk dropped out of Stanford after just two days

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Musk made a cameo on ‘The Simpsons’, The Big Bang Theory

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Musk bought James Bond’s submarine car for close to $1 million

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Musk was Robert Downey Jr’s inspiration for Tony Stark

Musk is a fan of rapper Kanye West

Musk is known as a thrillionaire, a high-tech entrepreneur who wants to make science fiction a reality.

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Musk was awarded the FAI Gold Space Medal in 2010 for designing the first privately developed rocket to reach orbit by the Federation Aronautique Internationale.

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