- It has no protected areas.
- It has no World Heritage Sites.
- It also has no rivers and has just 30km of roads.
- In 1960s, it had the highest per capita GDP for a brief period.
- It got richer by exporting phosphorus.
- 80% of the entire island was rich in phosphate of lime.
- British whaler John Fearn is known to drop anchor in Nauru in 1798.
- Impressed by the island, he called it 'Pleasant Island'.
- Surrounded by coral reef, it offered better conditions for diving and snorkelling.
- As per CIA's World Factbook, around 61% of its 10,000 residents are obese.
- The weight of adults is four times the global average.
- Islanders claim they are genetically predisposed to putting on weight.
- In 2001, it accepted the Australian Government's offer to host an offshore asylum processing center.
- Australia is providing about two-thirds of Nauru's GDP of $170m.
- It has one of the highest, 47% of adults, smoking rate.
- Highest rate of type 2 diabetes affecting 40% of the population.
- It is now threatened by the rising sea level
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