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1.
Batman first debuted in 1939.
2.
Gotham City is a real city.
It is heavily based on New York City.
3.
Batman's father, Thomas Wayne, was a lawyer.
He was a doctor.
4.
Bruce Wayne is the only person to have ever been Batman.
Multiple people have been Batman, including villains like Two-Face and Hugo Strange!
5.
Batman possesses smoke pellets and a grappling hook in his utility belt.
6.
Batman's sidekick, Robin, has always been male.
One of the Robins was a female, Stephanie Brown.
7.
Batman doesn't actually possess any super-human powers.
8.
George Clooney has never played Batman.
Clooney played Batman in the 1997 film Batman & Robin.
9.
The Batcave features a robotic Tyrannosaurus Rex and a giant penny.
10.
Batman has access to more vehicles than just the Batmobile.
Tons more, in fact, including a helicopter, a motorcycle, and a submarine.
11.
Batman's arch-nemesis, the Joker, first appeared in Batman #1, back in 1940.
12.
No Batman movie has ever grossed more than $1 billion at the box office.
Both The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises made over a billion dollars worldwide. Joker, too, if you count that.
13.
Batman's Rogues Gallery includes villains such as The Riddler, Mr. Freeze, Mysterio, Poison Ivy, Magneto, and Doctor Doom.
Mysterio, Magneto, and Doctor Doom are not regular Batman villains.
14.
Batman has actually beaten Superman in battle.
Although he needed some Kryptonite to actually do damage to Superman.
15.
At one point, Batman has been a caveman, a witch hunter, a pirate, and an Old West gunslinger.
Comic books are weird.