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TIL that there is only one species of beetle that can sting, and it is the only arthropod that stings with its antennae.

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16gaP TIL about Heinrich Hoffmann, Adolf Hitler's official photographer. He received royalties from all uses of Hitler's image, even on postage stamps, which made him a millionaire over the course of Hitler's rule.