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

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Israel has won the Miss World contest once, in 1998. The winner, Linor Abargil, subsequently became known as a campaigner against sexual violence.

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In 2009, basketball player Omri Caspi became the first Israeli to be selected in the first round of the prestigious annual NBA draft.

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Israel celebrates its version of mother’s day on Shevat 30, the date that Henrietta Szold —the founder of Hadassah — marked her birthday.

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The glue on Israeli stamps is kosher.

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Israeli bank notes have Braille on them.

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  • 06 Jun 2016
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Beersheva has the largest number of chess grandmasters per capita of any city in the world

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  • 06 Jun 2016
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The largest known dog cemetery in the ancient world was unearthed in Ashkelon.

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There are just 40 independent bookstores in Israel.

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An estimated million notes are left in the Kotel each year — and cleaned out before Pesach and Rosh Hashanah.

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