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DYK queue status There are currently 2 filled queues. Assistance in moving preps is requested. DYK is running 24-hour sets. Earliest time for next DYK update: 00:00, 7 October 2025 (UTC) Current time: 04:24, 6 October 2025 (UTC) Update frequency: once every 24 hours Last updated: 4 hours ago()

The Accidental Burning of the USS Missouri in Gibraltar

• … that the only casualty from the destruction of USS Missouri (pictured) was a pet bear?
• … that Lourdes Ambriz, who was the singing voice of Belle in the original Spanish version of Beauty and the Beast, became artistic director of the Mexican National Opera?
• … that numerous historians and academics have argued that Israel has used the Holocaust to justify its treatment of Palestinians?
• … that Riho Furui wrote her debut song after struggling with life in Canada?
• … that professional sumo fighting stables are often housed in Shinto shrines when they travel outside of Tokyo?
• … that the son of Mary Fortune—one of the earliest female writers of detective fiction—was a career criminal?
• … that the urban environment around Glasgow’s Argyle Street ash tree may have helped it to survive ash dieback disease?
• … that …
• … that the musical duo Braxe + Falcon formed a supergroup with the band Phoenix to make music about UFOs?

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