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Slovenia: home to former first lady Melania Trump, “breathtaking” landscapes, and one of the most controversial insects on the planet. Not that the Anophthalmus hitleri ground beetle is inherently a troublemaker—but, as you may have surmised from its longer scientific moniker, its designation as the “eyeless Hitler” has caused distress among many zoologists. The New York Times explains the rare, cave-dwelling insect had its controversial name bestowed upon it in 1937 by a bug collector in Austria “as an expression of my admiration” for the Nazi dictator. Fast forward to the 21st century, and t…