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The springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) is a medium-sized antelope found mainly in the dry areas of southern and southwestern Africa. A slender, long-legged bovid, it reaches 71 to 86 cm (28 to 34 in) at the shoulder and weighs between 27 and 42 kg (60 and 93 lb). Both sexes have a pair of long black horns that curve backwards, a white face, a dark stripe running from the eyes to the mouth, a light-brown coat with a reddish-brown stripe, and a white rump flap. Primarily browsing at dawn and dusk, it can live without drinking water for years, subsisting on succulent vegetation. Breeding peaks in the rainy season, when food is more abundant. A single calf is weaned at nearly six months of age and leaves its mother a few months later. Springbok herds in the Kalahari Desert and the semi-arid Karoo used to migrate in large numbers across the countryside. The springbok is the national animal of South Africa. This male springbok was photographed in Etosha National Park, Namibia.Photograph credit: Yathin S Krishnappa

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Sirius A with Sirius B, a white dwarf, indicated by the arrow

A white dwarf is a stellar core remnant composed mostly of electron-degenerate matter, supported against its own gravity only by electron degeneracy pressure. A white dwarf is very dense: in an Earth sized volume, it contains a mass comparable to the Sun. What light it radiates is from its residual heat. White dwarfs are thought to be the final evolutionary state of stars whose mass is insufficient for them to become a neutron star or black hole. This includes more than 97% of the stars in the Milky Way. After the hydrogen-fusing period of such a main-sequence star ends, it will expand to a red giant and shed its outer layers, leaving behind a core which is the white dwarf. This, very hot when it forms, cools as it radiates its energy until its material begins to crystallize into a cold black dwarf. The oldest known white dwarfs still radiate at temperatures of a few thousand kelvins, which establishes an observational limit on the maximum possible age of the universe. (Full article...)

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On 24 February 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Sri Lanka Eye Donation Society, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Sri Lanka Eye Donation Society has donated over 60,000 corneas for transplantation in 57 countries, including those of the late President of Sri Lanka, J. R. Jayewardene? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sri Lanka Eye Donation Society.

On 31 March 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies is the home to the largest optical telescope in Sri Lanka? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies.

On 21 April 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article 1989 Temple of the Tooth attack, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Temple of the Tooth, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Sri Lanka that houses the relic of the tooth of the Buddha, was attacked twice; first in 1989 and then in 1998?

On 21 April 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article 1998 Temple of the Tooth attack, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Temple of the Tooth, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Sri Lanka that houses the relic of the tooth of the Buddha, was attacked twice; first in 1989 and then in 1998?

On 18 May 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Government Gazette (1802) and Sunday Observer (1834) are the oldest newspapers in Sri Lanka?

On 18 May 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article The Sri Lanka Gazette, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Government Gazette (1802) and Sunday Observer (1834) are the oldest newspapers in Sri Lanka?

On 26 May 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Uthayan, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Uthayan is the only newspaper in Jaffna which did not cease publication during the Sri Lankan Civil War, amid numerous attacks and threats? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Uthayan.

On 29 May 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Angampora, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Angampora (pictured), a martial art native to Sri Lanka which incorporates pressure point attacks, was banned by the British who gained control of the island in the early 19th century? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Angampora.

On 5 August 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ridi Viharaya, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Ridi Viharaya (pictured), a Buddhist cave temple in Sri Lanka, was built by Dutthagamani of Anuradhapura in gratitude that the cave's silver helped him achieve one of his dreams? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ridi Viharaya.

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		The Sri Lankan Barnstar of National Merit
		For your thorough and highly researched, as well as neutral, additions to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam article and LTTE and civil war spin offs. You are a valued and limited member of WikiProject Sri Lanka and I hope you continue for a long time to come. :) Blackknight12 (talk) 09:34, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
		_{this WikiAward was given to Astronomyinertia by Blackknight12 (talk) on 09:34, 12 August 2011 (UTC)}

	The Teamwork Barnstar
	Thanks for collaborating and promoting the article List of international cricket centuries by Kumar Sangakkara to a FL. Absolutely brilliant work. Dipankan ^{(Have a chat?)} 05:59, 7 July 2012 (UTC)

	The Original Barnstar
	Thank you for the awesome article Ridi Viharaya! Zanhe (talk) 17:52, 3 August 2012 (UTC)