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TIL about Trovants: Living stones of Romania that grow and move!

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GgvN TIL that six lionfish that escaped from an aquarium in Florida destroyed by Hurricane Andrew have now grown into a population so invasive they threaten reef fish habitations throughout the Caribbean.
AN9jn TIL that the Australian town Lightning Ridge got its name in the 1870s, when some passers-by found the bodies of a farmer, his dog, and 200+ sheep, which had been struck dead by lightning.
a8pno TIL the Alabama Hills are in California, not Alabama. Confederate sympathizers named the range after the CSS Alabama, a Confederate warship deployed during the Civil War. Kearsarge, another area of the Sierra, is named for the ship that sunk the Alabama.
wLoA6 TIL that Walter Murphy, the composer of the Disco adaptation of Beethoven's 5th symphony known as "A Fifth of Beethoven", has also served as one of the main composers for the TV show Family Guy since 1999
b9KBa TIL Western Union stopped its telegram operations on January 27, 2006, reporting that only 20,000 telegrams were sent in 2005 at about $10 per message.