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Brunei is small enough to escape most people’s notice. It sits on a speck of land along the northern coast of the island of Borneo, almost completely surrounded by Malaysia. Its leader is known as the Sultan of Brunei. Worth about $20 billion thanks to his tiny nation’s oil wealth, the sultan, whose given name is Hassanal Bolkiah, is part of ...

Kazakhstan Daily salt consumption: 6,100 mg of sodium/14.8 grams of table salt per capita.Number one on the list of countries that consume the most salt is Kazakhstan. Average Kazak consumes incredible (and life threatening) 6,100 mg of sodium every day.

Great Wall of China The Great Wall, one of the greatest wonders of the world, was listed as a World Heritage by UNESCO in 1987. Just like a gigantic dragon, it winds up and down across deserts, grasslands, mountains and plateaus, stretching approximately 13,170 miles (21,196 kilometers) from east to west of China.Perhaps the most recognizable symbol of China and its ...