The hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus) is a large African antelope.
Standing just over 1 m (3.3 ft) at the shoulder, it has a typical
head-and-body length of 200 to 250 cm (80 to 90 in) and weighs 100 to
200 kg (220 to 440 lb). Coat colour varies among the eight subspecies,
from the sandy brown of the western hartebeest to the chocolate brown of
Swayne's hartebeest. Both sexes have an elongated forehead, back-curving
horns, a short neck, pointed ears, and unusually long legs. Herds
typically have up to 300 individuals, grazing mainly on grasses in dry
savannas and wooded grasslands, and often moving to more arid places
after rainfall. The hartebeest was formerly widespread in Africa, but
populations have undergone drastic decline due to habitat destruction,
hunting, human settlement, and competition with livestock for food. The
species is extinct in Algeria, Egypt, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Somalia,
and Tunisia, but has been reintroduced into Eswatini and Zimbabwe.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartebeest>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1736:
Nader Shah, the founder of the Afsharid dynasty, was crowned
Shah of Iran.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nader_Shah>
1919:
During the Egyptian Revolution, British authorities arrested
rebel leader Saad Zaghloul and exiled him to Malta.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_Revolution_of_1919>
1983:
Cold War: In a speech to the National Association of
Evangelicals in Orlando, Florida, U.S. president Ronald Reagan described
the Soviet Union as an "evil empire".
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_Empire_speech>
2017:
The Azure Window, a limestone natural arch in Gozo, Malta,
collapsed during a storm.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azure_Window>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
a woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle:
(figuratively, humorous, simile) A woman is capable of living a complete
and independent life without a man.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/a_woman_without_a_man_is_like_a_fish_without_a_bicycle>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
We are #Anonymous We are involved in the biggest Anonymous op
ever seen. That being said, we are worried that some governments will
indeed see us as a threat and create some scenario to make us look bad
(false flag). We only want peace, not war. We've been in the limelight
before. We've made the news plenty of times, but never anything like
what we are experiencing right now. ... We abhor violence. We are anti-
war.
--Anonymous
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Anonymous_%28group%29>
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