There’s no way to prepare you for this, so I’m just going to say it.

Superman is from Cleveland.

It’s true!

In his fictional world, Superman/Clark Kent/Kal-El is from Metropolis/Smallville/Krypton, as everyone knows, but the character was created by Clevelander Jerry Siegel and Canadian-born (but a Cleveland resident since he was 10 years old) Joe Shuster, while they were living in Cleveland.

If that’s not enough to mess with your head, their first Superman was evil.