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Thanks for spamming my Facebook friends with this ad, MyDreamDorm. Please don’t do it again.

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WSJ reports:

Question-and-answer site Quora Inc., started by two of Facebook’s earliest employees, Adam D’Angelo and Charlie Cheever, has raised $50 million in a new financing that values it at $400 million, up from a valuation of around $86 million two years ago, said people familiar with the matter.

The new financing round is being led by Facebook board member Peter Thiel, who invested with his own personal funds. Other investors in the new round include Silicon Valley venture-capital firm Northbirdge Venture Partners, which made the investment through its partner Jonathan Heiliger, who until last year ran Facebook’s infrastructure.

Facebook Mafia, indeed. Congrats Adam & Charlie!

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Yes, this is real. The infidelity dating site AshleyMadison is offering a million dollars for evidence of Tim Tebow straying from the righteous path (he claims he’s a virgin).

Great PR stunt for both Rewarder and AshleyMadison. I highly, highly doubt they will uncover any evidence of Tim Tebow… indulging himself.

But if they do… well damn, that’d be one hell of a story.

via @meganberry

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