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Things Worth Kowing About Israel by Nobody: 1:26am On Oct 04, 2015
We all know Israel as a holy land, most notably are its historic recognition in the Bible, Today i will be sharing some amazing facts about Israel you probably do not know about. Israel, a Middle Eastern country on the Mediterranean Sea, is regarded by Jews, Christians and Muslims as the biblical Holy Land. Israel was founded in May 14, 1948, with Jerusalem its capital. Their currency is Israeli new shekel and its president is Reuven Rivlin. Here are some amazing facts about Israel that will interest you.....

Israel is only 1/6 of 1% of the landmass of the Middle East.
Twenty-four percent of Israel’s workforce holds university degrees – ranking third in the industrialized world, after the United States and Holland – and 12 percent hold advanced degrees.
Israel has the third highest rate of entrepreneurship – and the highest rate among women and among people over 55 – in the world.
Israel is the only country in the world that entered the 21st century with a net gain in its number of trees.
With more than 3,000 high-tech companies and start-ups, Israel has the highest concentration of hi-tech companies in the world (apart from the Silicon Valley).
Israel has one of the the highest percentages in the world of home computers per capita.
Israel has been at the forefront of some of the major technological advances in recent years, including: some of the development for the very first cell phone was believed to have been done in Israel by Motorola (which has its largest development center in Israel), most of the Windows NT operating system was developed by Microsoft-Israel, the Pentium MMX Chip technology was designed in Israel at Intel, and voice mail technology was also developed in Israel.
Israeli bank notes have brail on them so the blind can identify them.
Israel has the fourth largest air force in the world (after the U.S, Russia and China), including an aerial arsenal of over 250 F-16’s.
The glue on Israeli stamps is kosher.
Re: Things Worth Kowing About Israel by IamAtribalist: 1:31am On Oct 04, 2015
cool We don't care about Israel. Please look for an Israeli site to post your rubbish propaganda.

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Re: Things Worth Kowing About Israel by 1shortblackboy: 1:18pm On Oct 04, 2015
IamAtribalist:
cool We don't care about Israel. Please look for an Israeli site to post your rubbish propaganda.
so why u see isreal yet u kon open d thread abi u been no see d topic?
Re: Things Worth Kowing About Israel by IamAtribalist: 2:30pm On Oct 04, 2015
1shortblackboy:
so why u see isreal yet u kon open d thread abi u been no see d topic?

This na NAIRAland NOT NEWSHEKELland. U no sabi read?

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