So Elon Musk actually cleared up his ethnicity a while back and apparently most people had it wrong the whole time. Everyone assumes he's Afrikaner because he's from South Africa, but he's actually British/English descent. Wild part? He compared himself to J.R.R. Tolkien who was also born in South Africa but had English parents. Both of them ended up leaving and becoming these massive figures. I didn't know Tolkien was even from SA until I read this. Musk is apparently obsessed with Tolkien's work too, like he's cited it multiple times online. Pretty cool that two iconic people share that specific background connection. Makes you realize how much people just assume about someone's heritage based on where they grew up. Anyway his whole upbringing in SA sounds intense - apparently he went through some brutal stuff as a kid including survival camps and all that. But yeah the whole emerald mine story he keeps denying? That's another rabbit hole entirely lol