{"id":98,"date":"2013-10-21T23:40:58","date_gmt":"2013-10-22T03:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/studyisrael\/?page_id=98"},"modified":"2019-09-19T00:02:26","modified_gmt":"2019-09-19T04:02:26","slug":"israel-fun-facts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/studyisrael\/israel-fun-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Fun Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Did you know&#8230;?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Israel has two official languages: Hebrew and Arabic<\/li>\n<li>Israel is only 1\/6 of 1% of the landmass of the Middle East (Israel is roughly half the size of Lake Michigan).<\/li>\n<li>Golda Meir was the 3rd woman in history to serve as a country\u2019s prime minister.<\/li>\n<li>Israel\u2019s population has reached 8 million as of Independence Day 2013!<\/li>\n<li>Israel has won five bronze Olympic medals, one silver and one gold.<\/li>\n<li>Developed by Major Uzi Gaf, more than 10 million Uzi machine guns have been build since 1948.<\/li>\n<li>34 political parties participated in Israel\u2019s 2013 elections.<\/li>\n<li>Israel has more museums per capita than any other country in the world.<\/li>\n<li>The Dead Sea in Israel is the lowest point on earth, at 1,315 feet below sea level at its lowest point.<\/li>\n<li>Israel is the only liberal democracy in the middle east.<\/li>\n<li>Ever wondered if the glue on Israel\u2019s stamps are kosher? It is.<\/li>\n<li>There are also kosher McDonald&#8217;s.<\/li>\n<li>In many Israeli bus stops, you can find a box for\u00a0<em>tzedakah<\/em>\u00a0(charitable giving).<\/li>\n<li>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).<\/li>\n<li>Most of the Windows NT operating system was developed by Microsoft-Israel<\/li>\n<li>The Pentium MMX Chip technology was designed in Israel at Intel.<\/li>\n<li>Voice mail technology was also developed in Israel.<\/li>\n<li>Four young Israelis developed the technology for AOL Instant Messenger and ICQ.<\/li>\n<li>For more information:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.goisrael.com\/Tourism_Eng\/Tourist%20Information\/Discover%20Israel\/Pages\/Israel%20at%20a%20Glance.aspx\">http:\/\/www.goisrael.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know&#8230;? 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