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anarchyreigns t1_j6l4mrl wrote

Reply to comment by Yurekuu in TIL When a cow has opposite sex twins, the female twin is usually born intersex and infertile. This happens because the twins blood supplies are linked, which exposes the female to male sex hormones. by awawe

The key here is that we need to understand that humans have hormonal influences on their offspring during pregnancy, these influences can result in gender disparities that may make a child feel as though they are misgendered. I wish that people could understand that a person born of one “sex” may never be able to adapt to being that person.

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Imyourlandlord t1_j6l3u19 wrote

Reply to comment by sjiveru in TIL Morocco has built a huge wall splitting the Western Saharan territory in half lengthwise. The wall features garrisions of up to 40 men and a radar system linked to active artillery. by Iwamiyama

My guy...im going to give you the benefit of th doubt incase you didnt know the "people" of that region are my people and im theirs, they live like everyone else.

The issue stems from an entirely different group literally being hosted and armed by a neighbour that claims that they "own" half of the country while they cant even prove their origins nor can they muster more than a dozen people to make propaganda videos

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baconseedsower t1_j6l3aqh wrote

Reply to TIL When a cow has opposite sex twins, the female twin is usually born intersex and infertile. This happens because the twins blood supplies are linked, which exposes the female to male sex hormones. by awawe

I still have the male twin from a pair I bottle raised. They were born full size and the cow had them unassisted. The farmer found her later trying to figure out which was hers. Ultimately he took them both and gave them to me to raise. The heifer was a freemartin and a jerk. She went to auction at about butcher age. Her brother had been hypoxic at birth, we think he was the second one and took too long to come out. It caused brain damage that made him dumb and lovable, so we trained him as a work animal, but mostly he's an oversized pet.

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fermango t1_j6l2mz9 wrote

Reply to comment by Budget_Bathroom_1056 in TIL When a cow has opposite sex twins, the female twin is usually born intersex and infertile. This happens because the twins blood supplies are linked, which exposes the female to male sex hormones. by awawe

Looked it up. Apparently in 0.1% of male/female twins they can be identical. But this means that the female ends up "losing" a chromosome and rather than becoming XX when the egg splits she is XO. They call this Turner Syndrome and it can lead to a range of medical issues including infertility, just like the cows mentioned above.

In 99.9% of cases involving male/female twins they are non-identical and do not share a placenta so the female is no more likely to be infertile than in singular female babies.

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Mewhenthe4 OP t1_j6l15hy wrote

Reply to comment by acroman39 in TIL China is bigger than the U.S. in terms of land area. The U.S. is also bigger than Canada in terms of land area. by Mewhenthe4

What does that have to do with anything? How do I know how they calculate it?

Use your brain.

Edit: Also, you even just said that the lake level drops, not fully dries up. So nothing would change even if the lake levels dropped since there is still water there.

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