Just learned something interesting about Elon Musk's ethnicity that I didn't know. Dude actually corrected people on Twitter back in 2024 saying he's from a British/English background, not Afrikaner like most assume. The wild part? He compared himself to J.R.R. Tolkien, who was also born in South Africa but had English parents. Apparently Musk's a huge Tolkien fan too. Makes sense why he'd want to set the record straight on his actual heritage - Afrikaner and English South African are pretty different cultural identities. Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein, Musk in Pretoria, both grew up there but with completely different family backgrounds. Never really thought about how someone's ethnicity and where they're born aren't always the same thing. Guess that's what happens when you have British ancestry but grow up on another continent. Pretty random connection but kinda cool how these details matter to how people see themselves.