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TIL of Northstar Island, a 20,000 m^2 artificial island used for oil production in the Beaufort Sea

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X01M8 TIL that King Zog of Albania spent WW2 living in a small English village.
OGaGa TIL the crews of Apollo 11, 12, and 14 had to spend 3 weeks in quarantine after returning to Earth because of the possibility that they might spread contagions from the moon
18J8 TIL The pink cherry blossoms in Washington D.C. were a gift from Japan. In 1912, Japan sent more than 3,000 seeds to be planted near the Potomac River as a symbol of friendship between the two nations.
dDavd TIL that Adidas is actually named after it's owner Adolf Dassler, who created sport shoes along with his brother. Both Adolf and his brother joined the Nazi party in 1933.
OR4X TIL that South Africa was one of the few countries that was unable to watch the Moon Landing live in 1969. Television was banned in South Africa at the time because there were fears that it would promote race mixing against nonwhites as the country was under Apartheid