1. 10
unknown facts
about
Elon Musk

2. 1
The surname Musk originates from
the French surname le Mechin
that was introduced to England
after the battle of Hastings in 1066

3. 2
Elon Musk's grandfather wanted to find
the Lost City of the Kalahari Desert
He and his family made several expeditions
through and above the desert

4. 3
When Elon Musk was young
he liked to experiment
Once, he tried to hypnotize his siblings
But he wasn't successful...
“No, Elon, I'm not going to eat
raw bacon.”

5. 4
When Elon Musk decided to move
from South Africa to Canada...
...he financed the plane ticket
by selling shares in a
Pharmaceutical company
He had earlier tripled his money
before he got bored and sold

6. 5
Elon Musk chose between two universities
“I was going to do physics and engineering at Waterloo,
but then I visited the campus,
but there didn't seem to be any girls there.”
“So, I visited Queen's, and there were girls there.
I didn't want to spend my undergraduate time
with a bunch of dudes.”

7. 6
Elon Musk's favorite spaceship of all
times is Heart of Gold from:
Heart of Gold has an
engine that's faster
than the speed of light

8. 7
Elon Musk is a fan of Wikipedia
“It's really incredible what you can learn.”
“It's like 90 percent accurate.”
“It's just not clear what 90 percent.”

9. 8
When Elon Musk founded Zip2 they had so little
money that their mother had to pay for colored
copies of their business presentation

10. 9
Elon Musk has owned a black Aero L-39 Albatros
“It was just like in Top Gun.”
“We came up to a mountain, did a vertical climb up
the side of it, inverted.”
“Turned upside down.”
“Yeah, that was fun.”

11. 10
Before Elon Musk founded SpaceX
he had plans to recruit mice-astronauts
“Do you think people would think I'm crazy
if I sent mice to Mars?”

12. Find more in the world's first Elon Musk
biography
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