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By Jessica Roy 12/17/12 10:33am

Tech’s Favorite Crazy Uncle Peter Thiel Gives Inventor $300,000 to Make Some Tornadoes

If Singularity lover and PayPal cofounder Peter Thiel can’t have Mars, he will instead control earth. Business Insider reports that the early Facebook investor has bestowed a $300,000 investment upon Canadian inventor Louis Michaud so that he can create man-made tornadoes. Read More

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