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E11ZV TIL that the main turrets on a battleship like the USS Missouri would fall out if the ship were to capsize because the main turrets are not attached to the ship directly and are kept in place by their mass.
VPn8 TIL of Setsuo Ishino a Kamikaze pilot who slammed his aircraft into the U.S.S Missouri during W.W.2. During the clean up the ships crew recovered his body, sewed a Japanese Flag to be used as a casket and gave the 19 year old pilot a burial at sea with full military honors.