Easter Island was discovered on Easter Sunday, hence the name.
Dutch admiral Jacob Roggeveen set foot on this remote Polynesian island on Easter Sunday in 1722 and gave it the honorary name Paasch-Eyland, Dutch for “Easter Island.” Rapa Nui is the island’s indigenous name.
Little know fact that Scotsman Wayne Bruce (descendant of Robert the Bruce) was the inspiration for The Batman Comics, Wayne who would wear a disguise and used his inheritance to take on criminals in the 1880s, this is also why Glasgow was used to depict Gotham in the Batman films as a homage to the true origin story
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