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In The Social Network, during one of the depositions, it is mentioned that the invention of Facebook made Mark Zuckerberg “the biggest thing on a campus that included nineteen Nobel Laureates, fifteen Pulitzer Prize winners, two future Olympians, and a movie star.
When asked, “Who was the movie star?” the response is “Does it matter?“.
This movie star was, in fact helped screenwriter Aaron Sorkin by providing him insider information.
Identify the movie star.

Show Answer
Natalie Portman
She invited Aaron Sorkin to a dinner party with her Harvard friends to provide him insider information on the school's social life at the time Facebook was created.
Read More.

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This TV show concept was first introduced in Japan in 2001, where it was called X. From it here, it was adopted in the UK in 2005 by the name Y. In 2009, the show was taken to the US under the name Z, where it became a runaway success.
The names of all the three shows contain the name of an apex predator/creature, which refers to position of the panelists on the show, and how they are at the end looking at their own interests as well.
Can you guess which show am I talking about?

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X - Tigers of Money
Y - Dragon's Den
Z - Shark Tank
Read More about how Shark Tank started in the US.
The show is now running in over 20 countries.

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There is a trend of, technology reaching a larger audience faster. One way to measure this is to look at the time taken to reach 100 million users. Which service launched in 2023 broke all previous records & reached 100M users in just 5 days?

Rank Platform Launch Time to 100M Users
1 ? 2023 5 days
2 ChatGPT 2022 2 months
3 TikTok 2017 9 months
4 WeChat 2011 1 year, 2 months
5 Instagram 2010 2 years, 6 months

Show Answer
Threads. The app launched on the back of Instagram to complete with Twitter/X.
Here's a Cool Infographic on the journey of some of these technologies.