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TIL: Certain ticks can transmit a meat allergy to humans which causes the person to develop hives whenever they eat meat

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97Lr TIL Canada has phased out pennies, stores can advertise whatever price they want then choose whether to round up or down to the nearest 5 cents at the register.
GAgr7 TIL there's a type of tick in the U.S. thats bite can make you permanently allergic to red meat (beef, pork) and milk
axEo TIL Mountain gorillas are naturally afraid of chameleons and nobody knows why.
69N7Z TIL that 25% of all known animal species are beetles
wLZB1 TIL singer Tim Storms holds the world records for lowest note produced by a human and widest vocal range. He has a vocal range of 10 octaves and some of his sounds are so low they can't be perceived by the human ear.