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Fan Thanks Taylor Swift For Music By Naming Millipede After Her Fan Thanks Taylor Swift For Music By Naming Millipede After Her
Fan Thanks Taylor Swift For Music By Naming Millipede After Her Pennsylvania native Taylor Swift has countless Grammy, Billboard and American Music awards. Never in her Wildest Dreams did she think she'd have a new millipede species named after her, too. Derek Hennen, an entomologist and self-proclaimed Swiftie had the idea and he couldn't Shake It Off. He wanted to show the Wyomissing native some appreciation, so he called his discovery the Nannaria swiftae. "I really enjoy Taylor Swift's music, and I've been a fan for years," Henne told Daily Voice.  "With this new twisted-claw millipede, I collected it in Tennessee, a state she has lived in — I tho…

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