Tech magnate Mark Zuckerberg, one of the most wealthy human beings in history, isn't exactly known for being down to earth.

The billionaire's made headlines with numerous ostentatious public displays around whichever neighborhood he's calling home at the time — he owns an astonishing number of houses — like his gaudy seven-foot turquoise statue of his wife Priscilla Chan, or the off-the-books private school he ran from his Palo Alto compound.

With so many bizarre side projects going on around his many domiciles, the New York Times reported this month, it's no surprise he's started to wear out his welcome with neighbors.

Specifically, the NYT reports, Zuckerberg has been engaged in a dwarven-style excavation project under his 11-parcel real estate complex in Palo Alto, digging 7,000 squa

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