Connect the dots, la la la la!

What do all of these people have in common?

Amelia Earhart

Cole Porter

Aretha Franklin

Charlie Parker

Francis Ford Coppola

Gilda Radner

John Legend

Abraham Lincoln

Toni Morrison


Walt Disney

Miles Davis

Tom Selleck

Other than just being bad-ass and famous, these people share a common bond.

They're all...






...from the Midwest!

Now, you may say, "BFD, Sara. What's your point?"

My point, profane abbreviations user, is that the Midwest is underrated.

We also have philanthropists, artists and a butt-load of Nobel Peace Prize winners. I didn't mention them because I wasn't trying to show you that we're fancy and smart.

I'm trying to show you that we make cool people here, too.

Oh, but we do apologize for this one, though:

Dan Quayle

Seriously. We're sorry.