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#SciFi:
Star Trek IV, The Voyage Home, came from the future to 1986 to save the last pair of humpback whales.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF72zXVvwQM

Reality:
In 1986 the International Whaling Commission put a moratorium on commercial whaling. #Japan didn't like that and continued hunting whales "for science". In 2019 it resumed commercial hunting of whales

Arrested #antiwhaling activist #PaulWatson could face up to 15 years’ prison in Japan if extradited and convicted.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/31/sea-shepherd-founder-anti-whaling-activist-paul-watson-arrest-japan-ntwnfb

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