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Did you know is a section taking interesting facts from articles that meet DYK requirements. To list a new fact, make a suggestion on the talk page.

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From a collection of Wikipedia's articles:

A chinchilla

  • ... that chinchillas (pictured) spray their own urine and release their fur as a defensive action?
  • ... that in 2023, members of the House of Commons of Canada unknowingly gave a standing ovation to Yaroslav Hunka, a Waffen-SS veteran?
  • ... that The Star-Spangled Banner has four stanzas but usually only the first is sung and is the most well known?
  • ... that Brendan Fraser is the first Canadian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor?
  • ... that the UNICEF photo of the year 2007 showed a 40-year-old Afghan man with his 11-year-old bride?
  • ... that Moses is seen as an important prophet in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, the Bahá'í Faith and Rastafari?
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