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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/ICanStopTheRain on 2025-04-27 02:49:48+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that musician Sting received his nickname in his youth for wearing a striped black and yellow sweater that was reminiscent of a bee. He once said his mother and children call him “Sting,” and that if you were to shout his birth name (Gordon) at him, he wouldn’t realize you were talking to him.