Facts about Israel

Israel facts in Hindi

Israeli cows produce more milk per cow than almost any country in the world,

The Mighty Morphin 'Power Rangers TV Series was produced by Israel Ham Saban.

In 1966, Shai Agnon became Israel's first Nobel Prize recipient for literature.

There are over 40 Kosher McDonald's in Israel. The only one outside the Jewish state is in Buenos Aires.

In 1992, Israel experienced such severe snow that several centimeters fell into the Negev desert.

Benjamin Netanyahu's office spent 10,000 shekels on ice cream last year, according to a 2012 budget report.

The world center of the Bahá'í Faith is located in the cities of Israel's Acker and Haifa.

Haifa's Carmelite transport system is one of the smallest metro systems in the world, with four trains and only 1.8 km of track.

Some buses and stations around Israel bear the inscription "You will get up before you are old and show indifference to the old" - a quote from Levitus to encourage etiquette among travelers.

There are only 40 independent bookstores in Israel.

The largest known dog cemetery in the ancient world was unearthed in Echelon.

Beersheva has the largest number of chess grandmas per capita in any city in the world

Israeli banknotes have Braille.

The glue on Israeli tickets is kosher.

Israel has won the Miss World contest once in 1998. The winner, Liner Abergill, later became known as a campaigner against sexual violence.

Israel celebrated its version of Mother's Day at Shevat 30, the day that the founder of the position, Henrietta Szold said - marked her birthday.

Microsoft has more employees in Israel than per capita anywhere in the world.

In July last year, a team of chalk-minded people in Netania broke the world record for the largest fake mosaic, using a total of 12,000.

Per square kilometer, Israel has one of the highest levels of bird traffic in the world. More than 500 million migratory birds cross its airspace.

An Israeli company has developed the world's first jellyfish repellent.

In February, a green chilli grown in Moshav Ain Yahv claimed the world's largest, half-kilogram weight record.

 There are approximately 273 kibbutzim in Israel.

According to the latest available data, the most popular name for Israeli babies - both boys and girls - is Noam.

It is well known that the Dead Sea is the lowest place on earth - less famous is that it is 850 feet lower than the next lowest place in Djibouti - Lake Asal.

 The Dead Sea is also 8.6 times saltier than the ocean.

 Bamba, Israel's favorite snack, was first prepared in 1964 as cheese-flavored. Only two years later it acquired its much-talked-about peanut butter flavor.

The opening scene of the El Pacino film The Insider was shot in Israel - though it was set in Lebanon.

The scene in which Tel Aviv beach is shown in Steven Spielberg's Munich was actually filmed in Malta.

Israel has the highest number of museums per head in the world.

More than nine out of 10 Israeli households use solar energy to heat water.

You can buy salty flavored ice cream at a shop in Jama.

Napoleon tried to lay siege to Acker in 1799. The city has a "Napoleon Hill".

There are 285 replica models of historical, cultural, and religious sites.

Israel became the first country to ban the use of underweight models on the catwalk.

Israeli inventor Rafi Yoli is currently building the world's first flying car.

Shabbat people can buy car insurance that does not cover Saturdays, making it cheaper.

The Mount of Olives in Jerusalem is the oldest continuously used cemetery in the world

Israel was the first country to sign into the Kimberley Process, an international standard that certifies diamonds as being "conflict-free".

The diet of animals in the Biblical Zoo of Jerusalem is changed to Pashch according to kashruth.

Akhiland, near Nahariya, was declared independent in 1970 by resident Eli Avi after battling the government for planning permission.

Writer Leon Uris's Israel epic Exodus stayed on the New York Times Top 10 Best Seller list for over a year.

Israeli scientists have decided that giraffe milk is kosher.

Adi Rotem is the current female Thai boxing world champion.

The town of Kirat Shemona is named after the eight people who fell in 1920 defending Tel Hai.

The name Beersheva has been associated with 14 cities and cities of the world.

Israeli academics produce more scientific papers per capita than anywhere else in the world.

Israel has appeared in the World Cup finals only once, in 1970.

The philanthropist Baron de Rothschild died in France in 1934, but, after independence, his remains were taken to Israel.

Israel is one of only three democracies in the world without a codified constitution. Others are Britain and New Zealand.

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