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The Cosmonauts list of DYK articles
# Hook Main Page date Class
1 ...that the redside dace (pictured) is the only species of minnow routinely to feed on flying insects by leaping from water? February 4, 2008 Start class
2 ...that Tews Fall, located within the Spencer Gorge / Webster's Falls Conservation Area, is the tallest of 96 waterfalls found in Hamilton, Ontario? March 3, 2008 Start class
3 ...that Endel Puusepp became a Hero of the Soviet Union after flying a Soviet delegation over the front line from Moscow to Washington and back to negotiate the opening of the Western Front? March 11, 2008 B class
4 ...that the 2002 surge of the Kolka Glacier resulted in deaths of at least 125 people? March 19, 2008 C class
5 ...that in February 1944, the retreating forces of Nazi Germany razed the Gdov Kremlin almost entirely with only its walls remaining? March 27, 2008 B class
6 ...that Puslinch Lake is the largest kettle lake in North America? April 6, 2008 Start class
7 ...that the Norwegian black / death metal band Cor Scorpii cites inspiration from classical composers such as Prokofiev, Grieg, Rachmaninov, and Satie? April 14, 2008 Start class
8 ... that Devil's Den gully, located within the Heber Down Conservation Area, was so named because the local inhabitants believed that the Devil was holding court there? May 11, 2008 Start class
9 ... that the geologic features located within the Eramosa Karst are considered to be the best example of karst topography found in the Canadian province of Ontario? August 4, 2008 C class
10 ... that the Dundas Valley Conservation Area contains a trailhead of Canada's first interurban multi-use trail system? August 12, 2008 Start class
11 ... that the Kirkfield Lift Lock is located at the highest section of the Trent-Severn Waterway? August 27, 2008 Start class
12 ... that Yunus-bek Yevkurov, the current president of Ingushetia, is a recipient of the Hero of Russia award, the country's highest honourary title? November 6, 2008 Start class
13 ... the Konovalyuk Commission has claimed that Ukraine's arms sales to Georgia before and during the 2008 South Ossetia War adversely affected the country's defense capabilities? December 28, 2008 Start class
14 ... the Río Pilcomayo National Park in Argentina is included in the Ramsar Convention's list of wetlands of international importance? April 17, 2009 C class
15 ... the Hockley Valley Provincial Nature Reserve in the Canadian province of Ontario supports a population of the nationally endangered Butternut? June 18, 2009 Start class
16 ... that on July 1, 2009, Nils Ušakovs became the first Russian mayor of Riga since Latvia's restoration of sovereignty in 1991? July 13, 2009 Start class
17, 18 ... that the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra participated in recording of the Vendetta album by the Finnish power metal band Celesty? July 23, 2009 Start class
19 ... that the Sangtuda 1 Hydroelectric Power Plant is expected to provide up to 12% of the total energy output of Tajikistan? August 8, 2009 C class
20 ... that the Norwegian black metal band Burzum is to release its first album after its founder was freed from prison on parole? December 17, 2009 C class
21 ... that the bloody-red mysid (pictured), a crustacean native to the Ponto-Caspian region, has recently invaded the North American Great Lakes?
December 26, 2009 C class
22 ... that Belarus contains large, but undeveloped reserves of oil shale? July 19, 2010 C class
23 ... that during the Sixth Congress of the Cuban Communist Party, Raúl Castro proposed term limits for the country's leaders? April 27, 2011 Start class
24, 25 ... that the lyrics of Baldur, the début album of the Icelandic Viking / folk metal band Skálmöld, are written in the dróttkvætt style? September 13, 2011 Start class
26 ... that the Supreme Court of South Ossetia annulled the 2011 presidential election and barred its winner from running again? December 11, 2011 C class
27, 28 ... that it took almost 10 years for the Swedish power metal band Timeless Miracle to release its début album? February 2, 2012 C class / Start class
29 ... that the Queenston Formation (outcrop pictured) is used by the ceramic industry in the Canadian province of Ontario and for natural gas production in the U.S. state of New York?
August 2, 2012 Start class
30 ...that Aikaintaite, the début album by the Finnish ambient, neofolk and metal band Syven, prominently features kanteles? December 11, 2012 C class
31 ... that the ichnogenus Chondrites (pictured) can be used as an indicator of anoxia in sediments?
April 27, 2013 C class
32 ... that Battle Metal, the début album by the Finnish folk metal band Turisas, contains lyrics from an actual battle march? August 11, 2013 C class
33–35 ... that the Italian symphonic power metal band Holy Knights released its début and sophomore albums, A Gate Through the Past and Between Daylight and Pain, more than ten years apart? January 31, 2014 Start class
36 ... that the McEwen Bridge has not being subjected to major rehabilitation or repair since opening in 1923? January 20, 2016 C class
37 ... that the Sierra de las Quijadas National Park contains a Lagerstätte-type fossil site, particularly famous for its pterosaurs? March 29, 2017 C class
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