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65 facts you didn’t know about Israel

As the state gets set to mark its anniversary, here’s a taste of its less familiar side

April 11, 2013 09:13
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ByJennifer Lipman, Jennifer Lipman

5 min read

1. Israeli cows produce more milk per cow than almost any country in the world, vying only with South Korea.

2. With peanuts introduced to their diets earlier (mostly in the form of the snack, Bamba), babies in Israel are 10 times less likely to suffer from a peanut allergy than Jewish children in the UK.

3. Israel is alone in having revived an unspoken language as its national tongue.

4. Israel is one of only two countries that began the 21st century with a net gain in the number of its trees.