… Ancient land, where the concentration of the mysterious and amazing is simply off scale. And among this mysterious, touching and amazing, we have selected the 10 most interesting facts. Enjoy!
1 Subway branch
The world's smallest metro line is located in Haifa. Its length is only 1.8 km with 4 stops. Sweetheart!
2 Walking across the country
In Israel it is easy, because it can be crossed on foot in 2 hours, if you walk across (from east to west). But from north to south you would have to walk about 9 days.
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Israel's coastline is one of the smallest in the world (of course, among the powers that have it at all) - only 273 kilometers. And, nevertheless, the country has as many as 4 seas - Red, Dead, Mediterranean and Galilee.
4 Strange democracy
Israeli political system created according to the principle of democracy. However, this is one of the three countries in the world that does not have a constitution.
The Israelis were the first in the world to invent a "repellent" for jellyfish.
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During excavations in Israel, a vessel with two thousand-year-old seeds was found. They were planted in the ground, and a palm tree grew, which became extinct almost 1,800 years ago.
7 Honorable post
The office of President of Israel was once offered not to anyone, but to Albert Einstein. However, the scientist politely declined.
8 To treat or not to treat?
Jerusalem syndrome, in which people believe that a divine gift has descended on them, occurs in Jerusalem. Affected pilgrims dress up in togas, which are often made from sheets, read sermons and arrange processions in this form to the holy places of the city. It is treated permanently.
9 This is our everything!
In Israel, you can buy hummus-flavored ice cream.
10 You Won't Believe It For Anything, But ...
All Jews between the ages of 18 and 26 are entitled to a free 10-day travel to Israel.
1. Israel is the only country in the world where women are called up for military service.
2. Hebrew and Arabic are the official languages in Israel.
3. Every year thousands of letters addressed to God come to Jerusalem.
4. There is no formal accepted version of the Israeli Constitution. The role of the Constitution of the State of Israel is performed by the so-called set of "Basic Laws". Great Britain also lives without a formal constitution. New Zealand.
6. 24% of Israel's workforce has a university degree (third after the United States and Holland) and 12% has an advanced degree.
7. Israel has the third highest level of entrepreneurship in the world, and the highest among women and people over 55.
Business district in Tel Aviv
8. More than 3 thousand high-tech companies and start-ups make Israel the country with the highest concentration of high-tech companies in the world (apart from Silicon Valley). Israel has more Microsoft employees per capita than anywhere else in the world.
9. Israel was the first country to ban underweight models from running shows.
10. Israel publishes more books translated from other languages than any other country in the world.
11. The smallest metro system in the world is located in Haifa. A train with four carriages runs along the 1.8 km long highway.
12. The Dead Sea is the lowest place on Earth (430 m below sea level and falls at a rate of about 1 m per year). Next behind By the dead sea the lowest point of Lake Assal in Djibouti is 275 m higher (155 m below sea level).
13. The Mount of Olives in Jerusalem is the world's oldest permanent cemetery.
14. There are over 40 kosher McDonald's in Israel. The only kosher McDonald’s outside the Jewish state is in Buenos Aires.
15. Annually, more than a million notes are left in the Wailing Wall. The wall is cleared of notes before Passover and Rosh Hashanah (Hebrew New Year).
16. Israel has about 273 kibbutzim.
17. People who keep Shabbat can buy cheaper car insurance that does not cover Saturdays.
18. The most common street name in Israel is Hazait, which means Olive Street.
19. Israel has more museums per capita than any other country in the world.
20. In many Israeli bus stops boxes for tsedaka (charitable aid) have been installed.
* The cell phone was developed by the Israelis at the Israeli branch of Motorola, Israel's largest research center.
* Most of the Windows NT and XP operating systems were developed in Israel by Microsoft.
* Pentium MMX computer technology was developed by Intel Israel.
* Pentium-4 and Centrino microprocessors were completely designed, engineered and manufactured in Israel. Most likely, your computer's Pentium processor is made in Israel.
* ICQ instant messaging technology was developed in 1996 by four young Israelis.
* Israel ranks fourth (after the United States, Russia and China) in terms of air power. With a wide variety of aircraft fleets, Israel has over 250 F-16s, making it the largest F-16 fleet outside the United States.
* Israel ranks first in the world in terms of the number of computers per capita.
* 24% of Israeli workers and employees have university degrees, 12% have academic degrees, as a result, Israel ranks third in the world (after the United States and Canada) in terms of education of the population.
* Israel has the most scientific papers per capita - 109 pages for every 10,000 people, in addition, Israel has one of the leading places in the world in terms of the number of patents filed per capita.
* Israel has the largest number of start-up companies in the world when considered in proportion to the total population. It is Israel, after the United States, that takes the leading position in the world in terms of the number of companies opening (3,500 companies, most of which are engaged in the development, improvement and implementation of high technologies).
* With over 3,000 tech start-ups, Israel has the highest concentration of high-tech companies in the world, with the exception of Silicon Valley in the United States.
* Israel has the second largest investment in enterprises in the world, right after the United States.
* After the US and Canada, Israel has the longest list of companies on the NASDAQ.
* Date palms have been cultivated in the Middle East for centuries. On average, a palm tree reaches 5–6 meters in height and produces about 14 kg per year. dates. Israeli trees yield about 150 kg. per year and they are low enough to harvest from the ground using a short ladder.
* Israel has an independent production of turbine generators for power plants and modern tanks and air defense missiles.
* Israel has the highest average standard of living in the Middle East. The annual income per person in 2000 was $ 17,500 - higher than in the UK.
* Israel has the highest per capita percentage of biotech startups.
* Israel is the only country in the Middle East with a liberal democratic system of power, while it is more liberal - democratic than any other country in the world.
* When in 1969, Golda Meir was elected Prime Minister of Israel, she became the second woman in world history to be elected as the country's leader.
* When the US embassy in Nairobi, Kenya was destroyed in a terrorist attack, it was the Israeli rescue team who arrived on the scene first within 24 hours and saved the lives of three people, freeing them from the rubble.
* Israel ranks third in the world in terms of entrepreneurship development and first in terms of participation of women and people over 55 years old.
* Israel has the largest percentage of emigrants in relation to the total population. Expatriates come in search of democracy, religious freedom and economic opportunity.
* Israel was the first country to sign the Kimberley Protocol, an international standard that certifies diamonds that proceeds from them will not be used to support illegal military groups.
* Israel has the second largest number of new books published per capita in the world.
* Israel is the only country in the world that has entered the 21st century with a steadily expanding green space. This fact is especially remarkable in that it occurs in a climatic zone that is considered a desert.
* Israel has the largest number of museums per capita, more than any other country.
* Medicine: Israeli scientists have developed the first fully computerized, radiation-free method for diagnosing breast cancer.
* An Israeli company has developed a fully computerized system for the error-free distribution of medicines, thereby eliminating the human factor in dispensing medicines... For example: 7,000 patients die annually in American hospitals from inappropriate dispensing of drugs.
* Israeli company Given Imaging developed the first swallow camcorder, small enough to fit into a pill. It is used to view the inside of the intestines, and the camera helps doctors diagnose diseases of the alimentary tract.
* Israeli scientists have developed a new device that monitors heartbeats using a sophisticated sensor system and helps the heart pump blood. This discovery is likely to save many lives of people with heart disease.
* Israel leads in the number of scientists and technologists employed in the workplace - 145 specialists for every 10,000 people. For comparison: the USA - 85, Japan - 70 and less than 60 in Germany. With 25% of them working in the specialty, Israel also ranks first in this category.
* An Israeli company was the first to design and build a fully functioning large solar power plant in southern california in the Mojave Desert.
* All of the above was achieved during the constantly ongoing war with an irreconcilable enemy who is trying to destroy this country, in a country where more is spent on defense needs than in any other country in the world.
* The Israeli tank "Merkava" (Chariot) was the first tank in the world to have air conditioning for the crew.
* Israeli aviation industry developed a special air conditioner to which aircraft standing in hangars are connected so as not to overheat.
* In Israel, for the first time in the world, the study of computers was introduced in schools.
* In Israel, the drip irrigation system, famous all over the world today, was invented.
And learn a lot of interesting things!
We have collected 30 amazing facts about small, but very strong and interesting state Israel. After this article, you will rethink everything you knew about this country before, and you will definitely want to visit it!
Israel is the third fastest growing business in the world
It also has the world's highest rate of entrepreneurship among women and people over 55.
Israel was the first country to ban underweight models
Israeli banknotes are marked in Braille
Israelis have the third highest consumption of vegetables and sweets in the world
The largest known dog cemetery of the ancient world was discovered in the coastal city of Ashkelon
Out Magazine names Israel the gay capital of the Middle East
Israel has 137 official beaches on 273 km of coastline
Israel has the most colleges by 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 Beer Sheva (biblical Bathsheba) is home to the largest number of chess grandmasters per capita in the world
The Israeli city of Haifa is home to one of the smallest subways in the world with tracks just 1.8 km long.
Israel is one of three democracies in the world without a codified constitution. The other two are New Zealand and the UK
The Dead Sea is the lowest place on earth
The Dead Sea is very easy to swim due to its high salt concentration. It's almost impossible to drown here
Israel is the only country to revive a dead language and make it its official language
Israel's national airline El Al sets world record for the number of passengers on commercial flights
The largest pepper was grown in Israel and entered the Guinness Book of Records in 2013
Life expectancy at birth in Israel is 82 years
Israel's national bird is the hoopoe
Cooking fats, developed in Israel, are capable of breaking down cholesterol and other fats in the blood.
Israeli company develops 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 has the second largest number of new books per capita in the world
Israel sent 60 million flowers to Europe on last Valentine's Day
The creation of an independent Jewish state was announced on May 14, 1948. Since then, the confrontation with Palestine and other Arab countries has been part of Everyday life Israelis.
2. Israel is the only Jewish state in the world, but it is a multinational country, and Jews make up only three quarters of its total population.
3. In total, representatives of about seventy peoples live on the territory of Israel.
4. Despite the difficult political situation, Israel was able to become one of the most economically developed countries in South-West Asia.
5. The country of Israel is so small that you can drive from east to west in 2 hours, and from south to north in 9 hours.
Jerusalem
6. The official capital of Israel is not Tel Aviv, as many believe, but Jerusalem. Although the former is certainly cultural, economic and tourist center country.
7. In Israel, there is no formal accepted version of the Israeli Constitution. The role of the Constitution of the State of Israel is performed by the so-called set of "Basic Laws".
8. 24% of Israel's workforce has a university degree (third after the United States and Holland) and 12% has an advanced degree.
9. Israel has three seas: Mediterranean - along west coast countries, Red - in the south in Eilat and Dead - a famous health resort.
10. Israel has the highest percentage of people with higher education in the world.
Israel's first astronaut Ilan Ramon
11. Israel has its own space program. This country has repeatedly launched its own satellites into orbit.
12. In Israel 2 official languages- Hebrew and Arabic. Modern Hebrew has been revived from a language that had been considered bookish for several centuries.
13. Many Israelis also speak English well.
14. Israel also has enough Russian-speaking population. This is due to the fact that after the collapse of the USSR, a large number of Soviet Jews immigrated to Israel.
15. Israel is in the top 10 countries in terms of life expectancy. She is one of the tallest in Israel - 82 years old.
Haifa city
16. Haifa is one of the most important cities in Israel on the coast Mediterranean Sea... The city is located on Mount Carmel and is famous for its seaport.
17. The world's smallest metro, 2 kilometers long, is also located in Haifa. Its name is "Carmelite". These are 6 stations and a train of 4 carriages that pass through a mountain tunnel along cable car... So from lower town you can get upstairs in just 10 minutes.
Bahá'í Garden in Haifa
18. Since there are many Christians living in Haifa, before Christmas and New Year's main square cities put up a Christmas tree and a menorah (a symbol of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah), decorate the street with garlands and ornaments.
19. One of the oldest Israeli universities, the Technion, is located in Haifa. It holds the highest rankings among technical universities in the world.
20. Israel is the only country in the world where women are called up for military service.
Eilat resort
21. Eilat is a famous Israeli resort in the south of the country, located on the Red Sea on the border with Egypt.
22. Here you can go diving and watch underwater world colorful fish and corals.
23. Also from Eilat there are excursions to the city of Petra (Jordan), which is one of the new wonders of the world.
24. Despite the fact that half of the country remains a desert, Israel has a huge number of parks, trees, flowers. Everything was planted by human hands, and a water supply system was installed to each bush.
25. Also in the center there is a chic park of rare plants and orchids Utopia.
National Library of Israel
26. Israel publishes more books translated from other languages than any other country in the world.
27. In Israel, there is no change of seasons, familiar to most people. It is warm here all year round, which, of course, pleases everyone.
28. The best time for beach holiday- May-June and September-October. It is very hot here in July and August.
29. In winter, it rains heavily for several days, and sometimes it even snows in the north. Then the Israelis go in droves to watch this miracle and play snowballs with the children.
30. The famous valley of Armageddon is located in Israel.
The Dead Sea
31. The Dead Sea is the lowest point in the world. Due to the high concentration of salt, it is easy to float on it, but it will not be possible to swim in a standard way. In addition, you should not be in it for more than 10 minutes.
32. On its shore there is a whole tourist town with hotels and spa.
33. Israel ranks first in the world in terms of the number of museums per capita.
34. Every year thousands of letters addressed to God come to Jerusalem.
35. Israel was the first country to ban underweight models from running shows.
Kinneret - Sea of Galilee in Israel
36. The Kinneret (or Sea of Galilee) is the largest lake in the country, the lowest on the planet, a place of natural "forays", and until recently the only source fresh water in Israel.
37. Every year, thousands of letters addressed to God come to Jerusalem.
38. Every year, more than a million notes are left at the Wailing Wall. The wall is cleared of notes before Passover and Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year).
39. The most common street name in Israel is Hazait, which means Olive Street.
40. Taxes in Israel are extremely high, second only to those in Sweden and Switzerland.
41. Small cherry tomatoes were developed in Israel in the 70s. These tomatoes were bred as a moisture-tolerant variety.
42. There are over 40 kosher McDonald's in Israel. The only kosher McDonald’s outside the Jewish state is in Buenos Aires.
43. A large proportion of Israel's land is desert, but the Israelis are actively planting forests. In terms of the growth rate of green spaces, Israel is one of the first places in the world.
44. Israel has the third highest level of entrepreneurship in the world, and the highest among women and people over 55.
45. Anyone with Jewish roots from 18 to 26 years old has the right to a free 10-day trip to Israel to get acquainted with the country, culture, traditions.
Holiday - Rosh Hashana
46. Israel does not celebrate the standard New Year. It has its own holiday - Rosh Hashanah, which begins on different dates each year according to the Jewish calendar. This is usually September-October.
47. There is no central heating in Israel and there are tiles on the floor of the apartments. Almost all houses in Israel use solar energy to heat their water, as in Cyprus.
48. The working week in Israel starts on Sunday. Many also work half a day on Friday.
49. Shops, shopping centers and other establishments close on Friday afternoons until the end of Shabbat (Saturday night). Transport also stops walking.
50. Now the country has already developed its own system of desalination of seawater, but local residents still use it economically.
Tel Aviv
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