30 facts about Israel that will really surprise you. This could never have occurred to you!

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We have collected 30 amazing facts about a small, but very strong and interesting state of Israel. After this article, you will rethink everything you knew about this country before, and you probably want to go there!

Israel ranks third in the world in terms of business expansion

It also has the highest level of entrepreneurship among women and people over 55 in the world.

Israel was the first country to ban underweight models

Israeli banknotes are marked in braille

Israelis take the third place in the world in the consumption of vegetables and sweets

The largest known cemetery of dogs of the ancient world was discovered in the coastal city of Ashkelon

Out Magazine calls Israel the gay capital of the Middle East

Israel has 137 official beaches on 273 km of coastline

Israel has the most colleges in terms of population

The same goes for museums

... as well as startups!

Voicemail technology was developed in Israel

The first antivirus software for computers was created in Israel in 1979

Israel has two official languages: Hebrew and Arabic

The city of Beersheba (Bibl. Bathsheba) is home to the largest number of chess grandmasters per capita in the world

The Israeli city of Haifa is one of the smallest subways in the world with paths just 1.8 km

Israel is one of three democracies in the world without a codified constitution. The other two are New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

The Dead Sea is the lowest place on Earth.

It is very easy to swim in the Dead Sea due to the high concentration of salt. It's almost impossible to drown here

Israel is the only country to revive the dead language and make it its official language

Israel's national airline El Al sets world passenger record for commercial flights

The largest pepper was grown in Israel and listed in the Guinness Book of Records in 2013.

Life expectancy at birth in Israel is 82 years

Israel's national bird is hoopoe

Cooking fats developed in Israel can break down cholesterol and other fats in the blood.

Israeli company developed the world's first jellyfish repellent device

Israeli scientists have discovered the cause of chronic bad breath and developed an easy way to fix it

Over 44% of all lawyers registered in Israel are women

Israel ranks second in the world in the number of new books per capita

Israel sent 60 million flowers for sale to Europe last Valentine's Day

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