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Today is Facebook’s ninth birthday. Meet the students who celebrated its birth — and find out where they are now.
Broder, two years ahead of the Facebook founders at Harvard, went on to NYU Law School and a job at the law firm Simpson Thacher. She’s now an associate at Troutman Sanders, and in 2012, was named by Law & Politics as a “rising star” in tax law.
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McMahon lives in New Orleans, where she works as a media fellow for Bridge the Gulf, a group of citizen journalists collecting stories from the Gulf Coast in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. McMahon also blogs for The Huffington Post.
Olson, the fourth roommate in Zuckerberg, Hughes, and Moskovitz's suite, was “an amateur thespian with an impish streak,” according to David Kirkpatrick, author of The Facebook Effect. In The Social Network, Olson has the bright idea of comparing students to farm animals. While his friends all went on to become billionaires, Olson took time off from Harvard and never graduated, said a Harvard official. Still, he ended up making friends with a tight-knit group of younger students, with whom he is still close, according to a former classmate. Friends said Olson had become a firefighter in his hometown of Briarcliff Manor, New York.
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Previously with the Bleacher Report, Cocalis is now the marketing manager for MiresBall, a branding agency in San Diego.
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People who dress up like the Doctor for lots of different reasons.
All this weekend, thousands of Doctor Who fans are flocking to London’s ExCel centre for the massive 50th Anniversary Celebration. We asked the best-dressed why they love the show so much.
Costume: Eleventh Doctor.
Favourite Story: “Doomsday”.
Costume: Fourth Doctor.
Favourite Story: “Genesis Of The Daleks”.
Costume: The Tardis.
Favourite Story: “The Beast Below”.
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Please just leave me alone while I obsessively wash my hands for the next half hour.
I mean… What IS this, even?!
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Just because it’s paradise doesn’t mean every day is a walk on the beach!
“It's 70° degrees! I'm gonna get frostbite!!!”
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I mean, do places locals really go even take kama‘aina discounts?
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Everyone's your cousin!
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Your bus driver. Your bank teller. Your next door neighbor's neighbor's neighbor. Everyone's your aunty!
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Don’t panic, twentysomethings. Here’s further proof that life is a marathon, not a sprint.
At 27, Hamm couldn't find any work and was dropped by the William Morris Agency. He vowed to quit acting if he couldn't get his career rolling by 30. Fortunately, he landed a role on the NBC drama Providence at age 29.
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Oprah bounced around various Baltimore news stations, including one that fired her for getting too emotionally invested in stories. Her demotion to daytime TV proved a blessing in disguise, and by 30 she had the highest-rated talk show in Chicago.
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Struggling to make money acting, Ford supported himself as a carpenter. A chance gig building cabinets for George Lucas led to a small part in American Graffiti and the role of Han Solo.
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In his mid-twenties, Allen spent over two years in federal prison for selling cocaine. The experience forced him to turn his life around and revive his stand-up career.
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