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[edit] 2008

...that Ade Schwammel of the Oregon Agricultural College football team was part of the 1933 "Pyramid Play", where a player stood on the shoulders of two others to block a kick, a ploy since banned? January 3, 2008
...that the Cascade Locks and Canal, completed in 1896 to allow the steamboats of the Columbia River to bypass the Cascades Rapids, were submerged in 1938, when the Bonneville Dam was constructed? January 11, 2008
...that freestyle swimmer Kim Peyton, a gold medalist at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, won a gold medal at the 1971 Pan American Games at age 14 and set three U.S. swimming records at ages 9 and 10? January 13, 2008
...that a large coastal defense gun was temporarily installed at Oregon's scenic Cape Perpetua during World War II? January 20, 2008
...that American swimmer Nancy Merki began swimming at age 8 after contracting polio, and set three national swimming records at age 13? January 22, 2008
...that Biglow Canyon Wind Farm is the largest planned wind farm in the U.S. state of Oregon? February 1, 2008
...that Oregon judge William G. East ordered Robert F. Kennedy to explain why the U.S. government should not pay a private attorney his fees who was ordered to defend a criminal defendant? February 1, 2008
...that the first Hillsboro Public Library that opened in 1914 was the only Carnegie library built in Washington County, Oregon? February 9, 2008
...that the Owyhee Dam near Adrian, Oregon, was the tallest dam of its type in the world when it was completed in 1932? February 10, 2008
...that the first bank in Oregon was co-founded by William S. Ladd who had previously built the first brick building in Portland, Oregon? February 11, 2008

...that judge Michael W. Mosman was involved in U.S. Supreme Court justice Lewis F. Powell's voting to uphold Georgia's sodomy law in Bowers v. Hardwick while working as his law clerk? February 14, 2008
...that the first Douglas DC-9 jet airliner to crash was West Coast Airlines Flight 956 in 1966? February 16, 2008
...that U.S. politician William Waldo served as a county judge in Oregon after his younger brother served on the Oregon Supreme Court? February 18, 2008
...that Oregon judge William Gilbert opposed Joseph McKenna's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court after the two had served together on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals? February 19, 2008
...that Oregonian newspaper co-founder William Chapman served in the first session of the Oregon Territorial Legislature and was Iowa Territory's first delegate to the U.S. Congress? February 19, 2008
...that Hiram Straight was the foreman of the jury in Oregon City, Oregon, that sentenced five Native Americans to hang for the Whitman Massacre? February 23, 2008
...that the current configuration of Sun Pass State Forest in Oregon was the result of a land swap between the state government and the federal forest service? February 29, 2008
...that author Ken Kesey taught a course at the University of Oregon where he and thirteen students collaboratively wrote Caverns? March 1, 2008
...that much of Glencoe, Oregon, was relocated to the new town of North Plains after the railroad bypassed the old town? March 2, 2008
...that Malheur Reservation in Oregon was set aside for Native Americans in 1872 and opened to European American settlement by Ulysses S. Grant in 1876? March 7, 2008
...that Dr. Demento (pictured), a DJ specializing in novelty songs and parodies, got his start at KRRC (FM), the student-run radio station of Reed College? March 9, 2008
...that the Willamette Collegian, the college newspaper of Willamette University in Oregon, was named an all-star publication by the National Pacemaker Awards a record 16 times in a row? March 11, 2008
...that Portland Trail Blazers guard Brandon Roy won the 2007 Rookie of the Year Award by a near-unanimous vote despite missing almost a third of his first season in the NBA due to injuries? March 13, 2008
...that most of the land that makes up the Santiam State Forest today was acquired by Oregon authorities because of delinquent taxes or purchases at minimal costs prior to foreclosure during the Great Depression? March 14, 2008
...that Salem First United Methodist Church is the tallest building in Salem, Oregon and is also the oldest Methodist church west of the Rocky Mountains? March 15, 2008
...that the Mitchell Recreation Area near Bly, Oregon, is the only location in the continental United States where Americans were killed during World War II as a direct result of enemy action? March 15, 2008
...that quarterback Jack Crabtree of the Oregon Ducks football team was named Most Valuable Player of the 1958 Rose Bowl even though his team lost the game? March 16, 2008
...that a 1970 bomb caused $170,000 worth of damage at City Hall in Portland, Oregon, but no one was ever arrested for the crime? March 17, 2008
...that Johnson Creek, one of the few free-flowing streams in the Portland, Oregon area, overflowed its banks 37 times between 1971 and 2006? March 19, 2008
...that Eugene, Oregon's The Register-Guard is the second largest newspaper in Oregon? March 19, 2008
...that a group in Forest Grove, Oregon posed nude for a calendar to raise funds to buy the Alvin T. Smith House (pictured)? March 19, 2008
...that the Central Library in Portland, Oregon was one of the first libraries in the United States to feature an open plan design? March 19, 2008
...that Joseph Canyon was named after Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce tribe, who was born in a cave at the mouth of the canyon? March 22, 2008
...that Sinnott Memorial Observation Station is a sheltered viewpoint built into the caldera cliff 900 feet (270 m) above Crater Lake in Oregon? March 25, 2008
...that Artie Wilson, who hit .402 in 1948 with the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro Leagues, is often considered the last professional major league baseball player to bat over .400 for a season? March 27, 2008
...that Oregon State athletic director Percy Locey claimed that the Philadelphia Athletics stole John Leovich from the college, yet he ended up playing only one major league game? March 28, 2008
...that Isaac Moores, Sr. served in the Oregon Territorial Legislature, with his son Isaac Moores, Jr. later serving in the Oregon State Legislature? March 29, 2008
...that the practices of the Followers of Christ church in Oregon, which include faith healing and forbid medical treatment, prompted a 1999 state law making parents liable if their children are harmed by a lack of treatment? March 31, 2008
...that the Hatfield Government Center light rail station in Hillsboro, Oregon, was the busiest on the Westside MAX extension within a year of opening? April 2, 2008
...that the Colonel Wright was the first steamboat to run on the Snake River? April 3, 2008
...that Luis Palau, an evangelical minister based in Portland, Oregon, has collaborated with government leaders in Portland and neighboring cities, and 500 Christian pastors, to rally volunteers to address homelessness? April 3, 2008
...that leaders in Oswego, Oregon petitioned the United States Board on Geographic Names to change the name of the town's Sucker Lake to Oswego Lake? April 7, 2008
...that Comfort Stations No. 68 (pictured) and No. 72 in the Rim Village Historic District of Oregon, listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1988, are public restrooms built in the 1930s? 2008-04-10
...that the Shoshone was the first of only two steamboats to be brought down through Hells Canyon, North America's deepest gorge, to the lower Snake River? April 11, 2008
...that Josiah Failing became the fourth mayor of Portland, Oregon less than three years after moving there from New York City? April 11, 2008
...that Charles Starr and Bruce Starr were the first father and son tandem to serve at the same time in the Oregon State Senate? April 12, 2008
...that film producer Neil Kopp stood in as a location scout, location manager, assistant director and grip while filming Old Joy? April 12, 2008
...that Brad Avakian, Oregon's recently appointed Labor Commissioner, previously worked as a civil rights attorney, and was honored by two unions during his time in the Oregon Legislative Assembly? April 15, 2008
...that Frank Morse once outsourced the research for a speech on globalization to a company in India? April 17, 2008
...that the headquarters for Crater Lake National Park are in the Munson Valley Historic District near the summit of the Cascades where average annual snowfall is 533 inches (1,354 cm)? April 18, 2008
...that even though his predecessor was a Republican, Democrat Kurt Schrader faced no Republican opponent in his 2002 run for the Oregon State Senate? April 20, 2008
...that the southern terminus of the first suburb to suburb commuter rail in the United States is Wilsonville Station in Oregon? April 20, 2008
...that Richard Devlin, the majority leader of the Oregon State Senate, has faced Republican Bob Tiernan three times, in races for two offices? April 20, 2008
...that John Dick, the high scorer in the first-ever NCAA men's basketball championship, would later command the U.S. Navy supercarrier USS Saratoga? April 22, 2008
...that state senator Larry George sued Senate President Peter Courtney in an attempt to prevent an experimental session of the Oregon Legislature? April 22, 2008
...that the Ellsworth Street Bridge in Albany, Oregon, was designed by Conde McCullough who was both a bridge engineer and an attorney? April 25, 2008
...that Oregon's Boone Bridge is named for Daniel Boone's grandson, who operated the first river crossing at that location? April 25, 2008
...that the Capitol Center has been the tallest commercial building in Salem, Oregon, since its completion in 1926? April 29, 2008
... that the Failing Office Building in Portland, Oregon is named after a mayor of Portland and built by a locally prominent architecture firm? May 2, 2008
... that Rim Drive in Oregon, a scenic highway cited by the American Automobile Association as one of the ten most beautiful roads in the U.S., is a 33-mile loop that follows the caldera rim around Crater Lake? May 3, 2008
... that Oregon's Warrior Rock Light operated uneventfully for 80 years until it was struck by a barge in 1969? May 5, 2008
... that the United States Forest Service and Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife partnered with the Paisley, Oregon community to restore the Chewaucan River habitat for native redband trout? May 9, 2008
... that after being found not guilty of murdering her ex-husband, Mary Leonard became the first woman in Oregon allowed to practice law? May 13, 2008
... that prior to his election to the Oregon State Senate, Rick Metsger was best-known as a sportscaster for a Portland, Oregon television station? May 14, 2008
... that Bert Haney lost an election to the U.S. Senate, but was later confirmed by the Senate for a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit? May 14, 2008
... that the Oregon Korean War Memorial was not built until nearly 50 years after the Korean War began? May 19, 2008
... that Thomas Garrigus of Oregon was a silver medalist for the 1968 U.S. Olympic Team at the Summer Games in Mexico City? May 19, 2008
... that the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest in Oregon is home to a small population of wolverines, which are rare within the United States? May 20, 2008
... that eleven U.S. presidents stayed at the Portland Hotel, a Queen Anne-style, Châteauesque hotel which opened in Portland, Oregon in 1890? May 20, 2008
... that Henry Failing won his second term as mayor of Portland, Oregon with only five dissenting votes? May 20, 2008
... that Samuel B. Huston switched counties and political parties between two elections to the Oregon State Senate? May 23, 2008
.. that in the primaries for the 2002 Oregon gubernatorial election, candidates included one who called himself the "flying governor"?
... that the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility is the only women's prison in Oregon? May 28, 2008
... that the Portland Armory in Portland, Oregon was the first building on the National Register of Historic Places to achieve a Platinum Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification? June 1, 2008
... that Oregon's Collier Memorial State Park has a logging museum with equipment dating back to 1880 including ox-drawn "high wheels", steam-powered "donkey engines", and antique saw mill machinery? June 2, 2008
... that the 1974 film Lost in the Stars, set in apartheid-era South Africa, was actually shot in Oregon? June 2, 2008
... that the Missoula floods deposited a 40-ton rock atop a 250-foot tall hill at what is now the Erratic Rock State Natural Site in Oregon? June 2, 2008
... that Samuel H. Boardman State Scenic Corridor contains a 367-acre (149 ha) land gift made in 1950 by Borax Consolidated, and this was the first non-domestic donation to the Oregon Parks commission? June 4, 2008
... that Oregon's Devils Punch Bowl State Natural Area has a naturally eroded bowl carved in the rock by swirling ocean waves? June 4, 2008
... that although Portland, Oregon's 140-mile (225 km) long greenway system, the 40 Mile Loop, is far from complete, it has been described as "one of the most creative and resourceful greenway projects" in the U.S.? June 5, 2008
... that Mel Krause lost his job as head coach of the University of Oregon's baseball team when the university cut its century-old baseball program in 1981? June 10, 2008
... that Helen J. Frye was the first woman to serve on Oregon's sole federal district court? June 10, 2008
... that Albert Tozier rang the bell at a church in Hillsboro, Oregon, on New Year's Eve for 64 straight years? June 11, 2008

[edit] 2007

...that the 1985 Oregon State vs. Washington football game resulted in the biggest overcome point spread in college football history when the Beavers beat the Huskies, 21-20? January 9, 2007
...that Joseph Ingraham, an American sailor who discovered several of the Marquesas Islands, was lost at sea in 1800? March 9, 2007
...that William P. Bryant presided over the first criminal trial in what is now the U.S. state of Washington? March 10, 2007
...that the Hallie Ford Museum of Art in Salem, Oregon, is the third largest museum in the state - and Yahoo! Travel's tenth best thing to do in Salem? March 25, 2007
...that Katherine Ann Power, a fugitive from justice for 23 years before turning herself in, was treated for depression while on the run in Oregon by Courtney Love's mother? April 13, 2007
...that bats comprise about 20% of all mammal species found in the Central Oregon Coast Range (pictured)? April 19, 2007
...that in 1961 the Portland Buckaroos hockey team beat the Seattle Totems in the Western Hockey League championship to win the Lester Patrick Cup in its first season of existence? April 22, 2007
...that in 2000, Willamette Industries, Inc. was fined a then-record $11.2 million by the United States Environmental Protection Agency for violations of the Clean Air Act? April 23, 2007
...that the Portland Power’s Natalie Williams was the leading scorer in the ABL during the 1997 to 1998 season? April 23, 2007
...that James T. Brand of the Oregon Supreme Court was the presiding judge for most of the Judges' Trial, in which 10 German lawyers and judges were convicted of war crimes after World War II? April 24, 2007
...that Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club was the site of Tiger Woods’ record third consecutive amateur championship? April 25, 2007
...that Gatke Hall, a former post office, was moved completely intact on rollers down a city street over a six month period in 1938 to its new home at Willamette University? April 30, 2007
...that in 1927, Oregon congressman Maurice E. Crumpacker drowned in San Francisco Bay after claiming he had been poisoned? May 5, 2007
...that in 1851, Hugh O'Bryant was elected the first mayor of Portland, Oregon by a mere four votes? May 6, 2007
...that Pokey Allen, former head coach of the Portland State Vikings football team, appeared in television commercials threatening to have himself shot out of a cannon into the backyards of anyone not buying season tickets? May 19, 2007
...that Betty Roberts was the first woman to serve on Oregon's Supreme Court? May 21, 2007
...that alpine skier Jean Saubert won one-third of all medals earned by the entire United States Olympic team at the 1964 Winter Olympics? May 22, 2007
...that Vortex I, which took place in Oregon in 1970, remains the only state-sponsored rock festival in United States history? May 22, 2007
...that William R. Ellis served as mayor of two Iowa cities before being elected to represent Oregon in the United States Congress? May 29, 2007
...that Hjalmar Hvam came up with the design for the world's first safety ski bindings while recovering from a skiing injury in the hospital? June 5, 2007
...that Oregon Governor Oswald West sent his personal secretary Miss Fern Hobbs to Copperfield, Oregon, to shut down illegal activities and impose martial law in 1914? June 5, 2007
...that L.L. "Stub" Stewart Memorial State Park is the first new full-service state park in Oregon since 1972? June 6, 2007
...that the oldest state government building in the US state of Oregon, the 1914 Supreme Court Building in Salem, has a stained glass skylight in the shape of the State seal? June 24, 2007
...that the first teacher and practicing doctor in Portland, Oregon, Ralph Wilcox killed himself with a Deringer pistol while at work at the federal court? July 4, 2007
...that in 1970, University of Oregon head baseball coach Don Kirsch fell to his death out of a second-story window at Stanford University Medical Center? July 5, 2007
...that the Oregon Coast Range was created by a forearc basin along the Pacific Ocean? July 5, 2007
...that Charles A. Johns went from being a justice on the Oregon Supreme Court to a justice on the Supreme Court of the Philippines in 1921? July 7, 2007
...that under the First Organic Laws of Oregon, the de facto constitution of the Provisional Government, women could get married at the age of 14? July 20, 2007
...that of the sixty delegates to the Oregon Constitutional Convention, (Oregon Territory Seal pictured) thirty-four were farmers, while eighteen were lawyers, including three justices of the Oregon Supreme Court? July 26, 2007
...that John Beckett is the only American football player to have been the team captain for two different Rose Bowl teams: the University of Oregon in 1917 and Mare Island in 1918? July 27, 2007
...that an image of Tesslynn O'Cull, a child abuse victim who was murdered by her stepfather at the age of two, was used in the Stop the Abuse poster for Oregon? August 6, 2007
...that St. Paul Roman Catholic Church in St. Paul, Oregon is the oldest brick building in the Pacific Northwest? August 6, 2007
...that while working for the Department of Justice attorney Jacob Tanzer worked on the case that led to the movie Mississippi Burning? August 6, 2007
...that in 1904, H. Chandler Egan won the U.S. Amateur golf championship, and was a member of both the U.S. college championship and the gold medal-winning United States Olympic golf teams? August 7, 2007
...that Oregon Supreme Court justice George Van Hoomissen wrote the decisions for both the most cited case of that court and the controversial overturning of a voter approved ballot measure? August 7, 2007
...that Oregon's Salmon River is the only river in the 48 contiguous U.S. states to be a protected National Wild and Scenic River along its entire length? August 15, 2007
...that a clock tower added to the old Washington County Courthouse in 1891 did not have a working clock? August 20, 2007
...that the Weinhard Brewery managed to survive prohibition by producing near-beer, root beer and syrup, which were marketed as "Gourmet Elixirs"? August 23, 2007
...that University of Oregon athletic director Leo Harris gained the right to use Donald Duck as the school's mascot through an informal handshake deal he made with Walt Disney in 1947? August 27, 2007
...that a portion of the money used to purchase land for the publicly owned Noble Woods Park in Hillsboro, Oregon, came from private pledges? September 7, 2007
...that Isaac Homer Van Winkle served for 23 years as Oregon Attorney General, the longest of any attorney general in the state’s history? September 8, 2007
...that judge Otto Richard Skopil, Jr. was nominated to the federal district court by a Republican U.S. President and to the federal court of appeals by a Democratic President? September 9, 2007
...that The Simpsons’ creator Matt Groening’s father was a founding director of the American Advertising Museum in Portland, Oregon? September 11, 2007
...that though Theodore Thurston Geer was the tenth Oregon Governor, he was the first native Oregonian to serve in that office? September 13, 2007
...that Thomas Milton Gatch, an Ohioan educator and politician, was the first president of Oregon State University to hold a doctorate degree? September 18, 2007
...that the 371-acre Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge provides nesting for 1.2 million seabirds—more than California and Washington combined? September 19, 2007
...that Spec Keene's Willamette University football team was stranded in Honolulu for two weeks following Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor? September 19, 2007
...that Samuel Parker was a lawmaker in the Provisional, Territorial, and State governments of Oregon? September 20, 2007
...that missionary Josiah Parrish drove the first spike for the Oregon and California Railroad, and had a land dispute reach the U. S. Supreme Court? September 21, 2007
...that Oregon's Three Arch Rocks National Wildlife Refuge was the first National Wildlife Refuge established west of the Mississippi River and will be a hundred years old next month? September 21, 2007
...that after Oregon's Point Adams Lighthouse changed colors to reduce confusion, it caused a ship to run aground in 1881? September 22, 2007
...that long-time University of Oregon track coach Bill Hayward also played lacrosse for the world champion Ottawa Capitals? September 26, 2007
...that Oregon pioneer Levi Scott is the namesake for a town, a valley, and a mountain, as well as the highest peak in Crater Lake National Park? October 1, 2007
...that the namesake for Hondo Dog Park in Hillsboro, Oregon, won an award for valor just weeks before being killed in the line of duty? October 2, 2007
...that NW Natural in Portland, Oregon was the first gas company in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States when it started in 1859? October 4, 2007
...that gold was first discovered in Oregon in 1850 in the Illinois Valley near Cave Junction, Oregon, the same valley in which a 17 pound gold nugget was found, the largest in Oregon history? October 5, 2007
...that the Hillsboro Civic Center was only the second city hall in America to earn an LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council? October 8, 2007
...that the Hillsboro Police were the first law enforcement agency in Oregon to collect demographic statistics from traffic stops to combat racial profiling? October 11, 2007
...that the U.S. state of Oregon has a rail network of over 2,400 miles? October 12, 2007
...that the murder of Michael Francke while he was at work became the basis of the movie Without Evidence? October 17, 2007
...that former Portland mayor Frank Ivancie was defeated in his run for re-election by a local tavern owner with no prior political experience? October 17, 2007
...that the Rose Quarter sports and entertainment complex in Portland, Oregon was constructed in the parking lot of the Memorial Coliseum? October 29, 2007
...that Hare Field was the first all-weather high school football field in Oregon? November 1, 2007
...that Elijah White's only two children drowned in separate instances in Oregon Country during 1838? November 7, 2007
...that Cornelius, Oregon is named after pioneer Thomas R. Cornelius, who served in the both the Territorial and State legislatures? November 8, 2007
...that Don Durdan was selected as the most valuable player of college football's Rose Bowl in 1942, and six years later, won a professional basketball championship with the Portland Indians? November 11, 2007
...that Oregon's longest covered bridge is the Office Bridge and is the only one west of the Mississippi River with a sidewalk? November 16, 2007
...that in 1846 Albert Wilson became the first American merchant to open a store in Astoria, Oregon? November 19, 2007
...that the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in Yasui v. United States and its companion case Hirabayashi v. United States that curfews for a minority group were constitutional during war time? November 22, 2007
...that the 1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack was the first bioterrorism attack in the United States, and one of only two confirmed terrorist uses of biological weapons to harm humans? November 23, 2007
...that the Solomon Courthouse has twice served as a post office, and was the setting for a courtroom scene in The Hunted? November 25, 2007
...that American federal judge James Alger Fee ruled in 1942 that Minoru Yasui lost his U.S. citizenship after Yasui had worked for the Japanese consulate until the attack on Pearl Harbor? November 27, 2007
...that seven followers of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh were convicted for being part of a 1985 assassination plot to murder the United States Attorney for the District of Oregon? December 2, 2007
...that the Platypus Trophy, awarded to the winner of the Civil War college football game between Oregon and Oregon State, was lost for more than 40 years before being found in a closet in 2005? December 3, 2007
...that the tallest commercial building in Salem, Oregon was commissioned by Thomas A. Livesley? December 6, 2007
...that Portland General Electric CEO Peggy Y. Fowler is blind in one eye? December 9, 2007
...that George K. Gay's house was the first brick house in Oregon and served as the boundary marker between Yamhill and Polk counties? December 16, 2007
...that Hallie Ford made the largest donation in the history of Willamette University in 2006, and the largest donation ever to a cultural group in Oregon in 2007? December 21, 2007
...that the community of West Union, Oregon, has the oldest Baptist church west of the Rocky Mountains? December 22, 2007
...that as Oregon State University athletic director, Percy Locey agreed to play the 1942 Rose Bowl at the opposing team's home field due to the attack on Pearl Harbor? December 23, 2007
...that Ava Helen Pauling, an American human rights activist and wife of Nobel laureate Linus Pauling, was a three-time national vice president of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom? December 25, 2007
...that before becoming the Judge Advocate General of the United States Navy, Thomas Leigh Gatch was awarded two Navy Crosses? December 27, 2007
...that Oregon State University’s Wave Research Laboratory has the world’s largest tsunami simulator? December 28, 2007

[edit] 2006

...that a wooden grain elevator is the only building still operational in Boyd, Oregon? December 16, 2006
...that the Department of State Lands is one of Oregon's oldest government agencies? December 16, 2006
...that U.S. judge Charles Crookham held a mock funeral for Roman numerals when they were retired from use in state pleadings? December 15, 2006
...that at 7'3" (2.21 m), Swede Halbrook became the tallest person to ever play college basketball when he joined the Oregon State Beavers in 1954? September 13, 2006

...that the physician Marie Equi became an anarchist after being attacked by police, while she was picketing during a strike supported by the Industrial Workers of the World? February 1, 2006

...that amateur wrestling Olympic gold medalist Robin Reed could pin every member of the 1924 United States Olympic wrestling team, despite being in the second lowest weight class? January 30, 2006

[edit] 2004

...that Oregon Ballot Measure 51, if it had passed, would have repealed Oregon's Death with Dignity Act? March 2004

[edit] DYK service awards

Did You Know awards: For every five Oregon DYKs featured on the DYK template that is part of the Main Page, you get a bronze DYK award. When you reach 10, then you trade the bronze in for the silver. Five more and trade up for gold (15 total). After that, keep the gold and start collecting a second set, and then up to 50 for the platinum. Then start over. Collect them all! Self-awarded, just place with your userboxes.
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