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• ... that a Japanese town used ¥25,000,000 in COVID-19 relief funds to build a statue of a giant pink squid?

• ALT1: ... that a Japanese town used its COVID-19 relief funds to build a statue of a squid?
• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Caccothryptus
• Comment: Don't need to link COVID-19 in Japan, do I? Also, I can source a USD[1] or GBP[2] conversion for the cost, if that would help make the yen amount more universally understood. It's $230,000 or £164,000, for the curious.

GreenLipstickLesbian💌🦋 04:33, 22 March 2025 (UTC).[reply]

• Will review this. BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:00, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Overall: That's hilarious. Article looks good. Nice work. Either hook works, though maybe the alt might be better given that not everyone would know how much money 25m in Japan is. BeanieFan11 (talk) 01:56, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Proposing another variation of ALT1 for possible April Fool's set consideration:
  • ALT1a: ... that a Japanese town used its COVID-19 relief funds to build a giant pink squid?

Cielquiparle (talk) 12:05, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Proposing a new hook based on discussion at WT:DYK:
  • ALT2: ... a giant pink squid did not return to the sea?
  • ALT2a: ... the giant pink Squid King did not return to the sea?

I don't love it but it is discussed in the article and maybe it works in context with the oddly terse set of April Fool's Day hooks this year. Cielquiparle (talk) 12:12, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Reopening as it was not selected for April Fool's.--Launchballer 01:14, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]