In Succah 28a, the Gemara tells us that Hillel the Elder had 80 students of whom Yochanan ben Zakai was the "least" and Yonason ben Uziel was the greatest. There, it says of Yonason ben Uziel that his mind was so intense birds flying over his head as he studied would be singed. Who were Hillel's other great students and what do we know of them? Do we know the names of Shammai's students?
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