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I hope this episode distracts and relaxes your overactive brain squirrels.

Here is what you'll learn about in this Whisperpedia episode about salt.

Why nomads don't need to add salt to their diet. How salt has been used in religion as well as war.

The historical use of salt has money and its value compared to gold.

Why certain word origins come from salt, like salary and salad.

How a tax on salt was part of the achievements associated with Christopher Columbus,

Napoleon Bonaparte, and Mahatma Gandhi.

Why is some salt blue, purple, or pink?

Why do some restaurants put rice grains in their salt shakers?

What are the actual differences between regular salt, sea salt,

kosher salt, and Himalayan salt?

Which diseases have been reduced by adding other substances to salt.

Which cultures don't add crystallize salt to their food?

Why exactly do we need salt to survive?

And how can it also be harmful?

If only 6% of the salt

manufacturing the world is used in food,

what else is it used for?

What country produces the most salt? And I'll finish with details about how

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