Elon Musk Facts You Might Not Know About

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Elon Musk was born in South Africa

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He created and sold a space fighting video game when he was 12 years old

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1996

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Elon Musk launched his first startup in 1995 after he left Stanford University

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He ran a nightclub to pay rent while he was taking a double degree in economics and physics

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Elon Musk co-founded X.com, which later became PayPal

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He established a spacecraft engineering company in 2002

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Elon Musk is not the founder of Tesla

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Elon Musk has a remarkable car collection

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