Stamau123@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoToday I learned that, despite having a mainland measuring just 20 square kilometers, 80% of the island nation of Naoero is uninhabitable due to miningwww.ctvnews.caexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1179arrow-down13cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1176arrow-down1external-linkToday I learned that, despite having a mainland measuring just 20 square kilometers, 80% of the island nation of Naoero is uninhabitable due to miningwww.ctvnews.caStamau123@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square13fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareEchinoderm@aussie.zonecakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·1 month agoThe more I hear about Nauru, the more it feels like a made-up place. Most of the wealth of the nation came from mining bird poo for phosphates.
minus-squareNoPanko@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 month agoAnd now they make money running a detention centre for illegal immigrants to Australia where the conditions are apparently awful
The more I hear about Nauru, the more it feels like a made-up place. Most of the wealth of the nation came from mining bird poo for phosphates.
And now they make money running a detention centre for illegal immigrants to Australia where the conditions are apparently awful