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No, Elon Musk Probably Is Not Starting A New College In Texas
Yes, the Tesla CEO and richest man in the world has the sense of humor of a 10-year-old boy.
PALO ALTO, CA —If anybody was wondering why a somewhat inappropriate word -set off by periods - was trending on Twitter on Friday, it's because the world's richest man, Elon Musk, has the sense of humor of a child.
On the heels of his Oct. 7 announcement that he was moving Tesla's headquarters from California to Austin, Musk took to Twitter early Friday morning to say he was "thinking about starting a new university: Texas Institute of Technology & Science."
Am thinking of starting new university: Texas Institute of Technology & Science
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 29, 2021
The acronym for the school would be . . . well, readers can figure it out.
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Musk went on to tweet that the school would have "epic merch" and be "universally admired."
Universally admired
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 29, 2021
Most people believe this was just a joke. Though Indy100.com pointed out that Musk has followed through on projects with not-so-appropriate names.
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Big F***ing Rocket #BFR is the new @spacex model announced just now. 150 tonne payload, 109m high. 100% reusable. Multi Planet Species #mps pic.twitter.com/nisBKlP7K3
— pc0 (@pc0) September 29, 2017
S, 3, X on a bridge pic.twitter.com/2E57xqkTVY
— Tesla (@Tesla) July 29, 2017
Perhaps, Musk will start his university after all. If so, it remains to be seen what nickname would be chosen for the school's sports teams.
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