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2 unusual facts about Time 100


Ann Patchett

In 2012, Patchett was on the Time 100 list of most influential people in the world by TIME magazine.

Tim Pool

Pool was featured as "The Media Messenger of Zuccotti Park" in Time's Person of the Year 2011, TIME's top 140 Twitter feeds of 2012 and is a Time 100 nominee.


Erik Lie

In 2007, he was listed as one of the Time 100, with the article on his contributions being written by former New York Governor and New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer.

Rickrolling

In 2009, Astley wrote about 4chan founder moot for Time magazine's annual Time 100 issue, where he thanked moot for the rickrolling phenomenon.


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Barefoot College

In the profile acknowledging Roy as one of Time 100 most influential people for his work with the Barefoot College, Greg Mortenson wrote that the grass-roots social entrepreneurship has trained more than 3 million people for jobs in the modern world, "in buildings so rudimentary they have dirt floors and no chairs" so that poor students feel comfortable.

Falu

In May 2009, Falu made a special appearance at the Time 100 Gala—Time Magazine’s yearly gala celebrating their list of the 100 most influential people in the world—performing a rendition of “Jai Ho” alongside Slumdog Millionaire film composer AR Rahman, for an exclusive and star-studded crowd which included First Lady Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Barbara Walters, Stella McCartney, Liv Tyler, M.I.A. and more.

Greg Daniels

Out of the six TV series that Daniels has worked on, four of them--Saturday Night Live, The Simpsons, King of the Hill and The Office--were named among Time reviewer James Poniewozik's All Time 100 TV Shows.