Bill Gates brilliantly recreated his 1973 high school yearbook photo, down to the sneakers

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When you do an "Ask Me Anything" Q&A session on Reddit, it's customary to verify your identity with a photo containing your username. 

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And so it's appropriate that richest man in the world Bill Gates, who did his fourth AMA today, went for broke, recreating his famed 1973 high school yearbook photo:

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Note the lower-left corner, where Gates managed to dig up what appears to be the same exact model of Teletype machine - a precursor to the PC that sparked his earliest interest in computers.

Gates had a lot more fun with the Reddit crowd. Ahead of his AMA session, Gates posted a fun animated video answering some common questions he gets, from driverless cars to living forever:

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And when he signed off at the conclusion of the AMA session, Gates posted a fun, stop-motion animated video reminding his fans that the world is getting better:

 It's nice to know that despite being worth an estimated $79.2 billion, Gates can have a little fun.