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TIL about Busta Rhymes Island, an otherwise unnamed 12m x 12m (40ft x 40ft) island in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. The island was named by its caretaker Kevin O’Brien in 2005, with him claiming it has “rope-swinging, blueberries, and stuff Busta would enjoy.”

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