❓ Did you know Elon Musk was born in South Africa?
🇿🇦 Entrepreneur, engineer, and billionaire Elon Reeve Musk was born on June 28, 1971, in Pretoria, South Africa.
🎓 He briefly studied at the University of Pretoria before moving to Canada at age 18, and later to the United States. 🇨🇦🇺🇸
🏡 His father still lives in South Africa.
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🇮🇳🤝🇿🇦Mahatma Gandhi and South Africa
October 2 is the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948), a prominent Indian independence campaigner and pacifist.
Did you know?🤔
• 👨⚖️ A young lawyer, Gandhi moved to South Africa at 24 and lived there for 21 years (1893–1915).
• 🌍 The honorific “Mahātmā” (Sanskrit: “great-souled, venerable”) was first applied to him in South Africa in 1914 — today it is used worldwide.
• 🗿 A bronze statue of Gandhi stands at Gandhi Square, Johannesburg, unveiled on October 2, 2003.
• 🏠 The Gandhi House museum in Johannesburg preserves his legacy.
• 🗿 Another bronze statue of Gandhi is in Pietermaritzburg, unveiled in 1993 by Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
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In the Netherlands it is common on birthdays to say "Gefeliciteerd" (Congratulations).
Not only to the birthday person but also to their partner, family, friends or anyone present.
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#VanHarteGefeliciteerd#DutchEtiquette#Birthdays#Netherlands#Culture
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