The Saad Truth with Dr. Saad - August 14, 2026


What Do These 85 Countries Have in Common for the Period 1976-2026? (The Saad Truth with Dr. Saad_1031)


Episode Stats


Length

2 minutes

Words per minute

90.2

Word count

185

Sentence count

7


Transcript

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00:00:00.480 Hi, everybody. I wanted to read for you a list of 85 countries that spans a reality from 1976 to 2026.
00:00:14.380 It's a 50-year period. And then I'm going to ask you to guess what that list represents.
00:00:22.200 You ready? I'm going to read you the 85 countries, so bear with me.
00:00:25.400 afghanistan algeria argentina australia austria azerbaijan bahrain bangladesh belgium bena
00:00:37.220 bosnia and herzegovina bulgaria burkino faso cameroon canada chad china cote d'ivoire
00:00:45.720 which means ivory coast croatia cyprus denmark democratic republic of the congo
00:00:52.200 Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, India, Indonesia,
00:01:01.420 Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Libya,
00:01:09.100 Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand,
00:01:16.960 Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South
00:01:25.380 Africa, South Sudan, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania,
00:01:35.340 Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom,
00:01:42.880 United States, Uzbekistan, West Bank, and Gaza Strip, meaning the Palestinian territories,
00:01:50.800 and Yemen. Any idea what this list of 85 nations and territories captures?
00:02:00.440 Put your answers in the comments section.