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TIL: The decline in hunters threatens how U.S. pays for conservation. The user-play, user-pay funding system for wildlife conservation has been emulated around the world. It has been incredibly successful at restoring the populations of North American game animals, some of which were once endangered

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5VWJ9 TIL it is the sperm that determines the sex of the baby prior to conception. The egg is always an X chromosome, if the sperm is X the baby is female (XX), if the sperm is Y the baby is male (XY)
X06oP TIL "Fīat iūstitia ruat cælum" is a Latin legal phrase, meaning "Let justice be done though the heavens fall." The maxim signifies the belief that justice must be realized regardless of consequences.
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