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15. May 9 is Goku day in Japan Pretty much every day has now become a holiday to someone, so this fact might not be quite as remarkable as it might have been before the calendar year became littered with the likes of national bikini day and national talk like a pirate day. But at least we can say Goku is more deserving of his own day than just some random excuse to get people tweeting behind a weird hashtag on Twitter like so many of these other days seem to be. The character does star in one of the most popular anime ever made, after all. Just like May 4 became synonymous with Star Wars due to some word play (“may the force be with you”), May 9 became Goku day for a similar reason. Apparently in Japan, the numbers 5 and 9 can be pronounced as the sounds “go” and “ku.” So May is the fifth month of the year, and on the ninth day of that fifth month you get “goku”.      14. Goku was inspired by the Monkey king from journey to the West This is one tha...

Superman is one of the toughest superheroes ever, but that doesn't mean the Last Son of Krypton has never suffered a beat down. He has super strength, super speed, X-ray vision, shoots lasers from his eyes and blows air cold enough to freeze and shatter steel -- all abilities granted to him simply by being beneath Earth's yellow sun. But even with all of his much-vaunted powers, the Man of Steel has been defeated more than once by various comic book characters. Notice how I didn't just say "villains" up there? That's because Superman has battled foes and friends alike, and from such a large pool, there are bound to be folks who can match Supes' super-ness. He's gone up against monsters, devils, gods and fellow heroes, and while he has often given as good as he's gotten, there are a few times when even the best has been bested. With that in mind, here's a run down of 15 characters who have made Superman look decidedly not-so-super. 15. T...