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...that the redside dace (pictured) is the only species of minnow routinely to feed on flying insects by leaping from water? |
February 4, 2008 |
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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 |
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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 |
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4 |
...that the 2002 surge of the Kolka Glacier resulted in deaths of at least 125 people? |
March 19, 2008 |
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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 |
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6 |
...that Puslinch Lake is the largest kettle lake in North America? |
April 6, 2008 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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10 |
... that the Dundas Valley Conservation Area contains a trailhead of Canada's first interurban multi-use trail system? |
August 12, 2008 |
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11 |
... that the Kirkfield Lift Lock is located at the highest section of the Trent-Severn Waterway? |
August 27, 2008 |
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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 |
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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 |
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14 |
... the Río Pilcomayo National Park in Argentina is included in the Ramsar Convention's list of wetlands of international importance? |
April 17, 2009 |
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15 |
... the Hockley Valley Provincial Nature Reserve in the Canadian province of Ontario supports a population of the nationally endangered Butternut? |
June 18, 2009 |
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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 |
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17, 18 |
... that the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra participated in recording of the Vendetta album by the Finnish power metal band Celesty? |
July 23, 2009 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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22 |
... that Belarus contains large, but undeveloped reserves of oil shale? |
July 19, 2010 |
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23 |
... that during the Sixth Congress of the Cuban Communist Party, Raúl Castro proposed term limits for the country's leaders? |
April 27, 2011 |
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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 |
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26 |
... that the Supreme Court of South Ossetia annulled the 2011 presidential election and barred its winner from running again? |
December 11, 2011 |
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27, 28 |
... that it took almost 10 years for the Swedish power metal band Timeless Miracle to release its début album? |
February 2, 2012 |
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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 |
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30 |
...that Aikaintaite, the début album by the Finnish ambient, neofolk and metal band Syven, prominently features kanteles? |
December 11, 2012 |
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31 |
... that the ichnogenus Chondrites (pictured) can be used as an indicator of anoxia in sediments? |
April 27, 2013 |
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32 |
... that Battle Metal, the début album by the Finnish folk metal band Turisas, contains lyrics from an actual battle march? |
August 11, 2013 |
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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 |
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36 |
... that the McEwen Bridge has not being subjected to major rehabilitation or repair since opening in 1923? |
January 20, 2016 |
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37 |
... that the Sierra de las Quijadas National Park contains a Lagerstätte-type fossil site, particularly famous for its pterosaurs? |
March 29, 2017 |
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