6. Tesla was almost called Faraday
If Elon hadn’t been allowed to call his company Tesla, because of naming rights, he would have named his company Faraday. With this he wanted to pay tribute to the British physicist and chemist Michael Faraday.
7. Elon is also known as the ‘real life’ Tony Stark
Marvel comics artist Stan Lee based the character Tony Stark on Howard Hughes (an American pilot, film producer, aircraft manufacturer and philanthropist). But Robert Downey Jr – who played Tony Stark in the Marvel movies – based his role in Iron Man on Elon Musk.
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