#IncredibleIsrael

Some facts that you may or may not know about our incredible country

*Israel was the first country to ban underweight models
*Israeli banknotes have Braille markings on them
*Israel has the most Bauhaus buildings in the world

*Beersheba has the highest number of chess grandmasters per capita in the world
*Haifa, Israel has one of the smallest subway systems in the world with a 1.8-km track & only four carriages
*Jerusalem’s Mount of Olives is the world’s oldest continuously used cemetery

*El Al set the world record for the most passengers on a commercial flight with 1,088, people
*The glue on Israeli stamps is kosher
*Israel is the only nation on Earth to draft women into the military
*Dr. Ruth, the famous sex therapist, was once a sniper in the Israeli army

*The world’s oldest copper mine is located in Israel’s desert just north of Eilat
*Many Jerusalem apartment leases include the strange stipulation that if and when the Messiah comes, the lease is void and the tenants must move out