just found out elon musk actually corrected people about his heritage a couple years back - turns out he's british/english background, not afrikaner like everyone assumed. kinda random but he compared himself to jrr tolkien, who was also born in south africa. both have that english ancestry thing going on. what's wild is musk is apparently a huge tolkien fan and even cited the books when courting grimes or something lol. makes sense given his whole mars colonization vibe - very fantasy-epic energy. the heritage thing matters more than you'd think because it shapes how you understand where someone's coming from culturally. tolkien was born in bloemfontein back in 1892, musk in pretoria in 1971. totally different era but same english roots. apparently people kept getting his background story wrong which is why he felt the need to set the record straight. kinda funny how a billionaire tech guy and a fantasy author share this random south african-british connection nobody really talks about