Elon Musk learned hypnosis as a child and managed to convince his sister that she was a dog and to eat raw bacon, a new book says

• Elon Musk learned magic tricks and hypnosis when he was a kid, according to a new biography.
• He even convinced his sister, Tosca, that she was a dog and got her to eat raw bacon.
• Musk didn't have a social life when he was younger and frequently trailed Tosca to parties because he didn't want to be lonely, the book says.

When Elon Musk was a kid, he learned hypnosis and convinced his younger sister that she was a dog and persuaded her to eat raw bacon.

That's according to a new biography, "Elon Musk," by the author Walter Isaacson, which hit bookshelves on Thursday.

The tech mogul liked to occupy himself with reading books, working on the computer, and doing science experiments when he was younger to make up for his lack of a social life, the book said.