20 Interesting Facts About Israel That Make It A Fascinating Country

11A fact about Beer-Sheva

The Israeli city of Be’erSheva has more chess grandmasters per capita than any other city of the world. The credit for this achievement goes to Eliyahu Levant, a former Soviet chess official and Leningrad Spartak chess club coach who founded the Be’erSheva Chess Club after getting settled in the city.

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12No codified Constitution

Israel is generally considered a democratic country but it has no written constitution. It is one of the three countries in the world which doesn’t have documented constitution; the other two are Great Britain and New Zealand. Despite the fact, that it doesn’t have any written constitution, it is made sure that the legal rights of Israeli citizens are always provided.

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13Highest Entrepreneurship rate

The rate of entrepreneurship in Israel is the third highest in the world and it is highest in the world when it comes to entrepreneurship among women and people over the age of 55. This figure very easily explains the reason as to how it became a developed nation in so much short time.

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14People float in Dead Sea

Diving in the Dead Sea is impossible because of its unusual high salt concentration. Hence people can float on the surface of the sea and can have some great time while floating on the water. This is totally a new experience as at the first instance it feels like you have got some superpower.

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15Peanuts in diet of children

Peanuts are added to the diet of children at an early age which reduces the chances of Israeli kids suffering with peanut allergy by 10 times in comparison to the Jew kids in UK. Allergies are a great concern nowadays so it is a welcome move by Israel to deal with one such allergy at an early stage.

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