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Timbo_007 t1_j83namh wrote

Reply to comment by cardboardunderwear in TIL the Pacific island nation of Nauru has been so damaged by phosphate mining that in 1964 Australia offered to repopulate the entire nation to Curtis Island near the Australian Coast. Nauru refused the offer in order to maintain their sovereignty and not become part of Australia. by triviafrenzy

Also Nauruans became rich as fuck during the mining boom, lived way beyond their expenses, had so much money they blew it on completely insane investments like financing crap musicals and a government palace for a population smaller than the average village, have now the highest diabetes rate in the world

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TheFightingImp t1_j84sgn8 wrote

Someone watched the Half As Interesting vid on Nauru's financial troubles.

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Timbo_007 t1_j85p1dh wrote

Nope. I got this from a documentary they showed on german television a couple years ago

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