The salt comes mostly from the Khewra mine in Punjab, in a range of hills south of the Himalayas. Legend says it was found when the horses of Alexander the Great's army began licking the rocks.
8 November 2026
Geodar #3 answers
The five countries of day 3, in the order they were asked, and one thing worth knowing about each.
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Mount Paektu's eruption in 946 sent ash as far as Japan, where a temple chronicle recorded white ash falling like snow. The crater it left now holds a lake known as Heaven Lake.
The Ġgantija temples on the island of Gozo were raised around 3600 BC. Their name comes from the Maltese word for giant: folklore says a giantess built them.
Oman's Dhofar region shipped frankincense across the ancient world. Its frankincense trees, a caravan oasis and the ruined ports of the trade, such as Khor Rori, are together a World Heritage Site.
Kampong Ayer, the 'water village', has houses, schools and mosques, all on stilts above the Brunei River. Early European mapmakers wrote the kingdom's name as 'Burneo', and it stuck to the whole island.