What are some of the most mind-blowing facts about Israel that separated it from other nations ?

• Israel has the highest standard of living in the Middle East.
• Israel has one of the highest life expectancies in the world, well above that of the U.S.

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• Israel is among the world's top ten nations for quality of health care.

• Israel has the highest ratio of university degrees per capita in the world.
• Israel produces more scientific papers per capita than any other nation, by a large margin (109 per 10,000 people), as well as one of the highest per capita rates of patents filed.
• The 2013 "Freedom in the World" annual survey, ranked Israel as the Middle East and North Africa's only free country.
• Israel is one of the few countries capable of launching satellites.
• Israel is considered one of the most advanced countries in Southwest Asia in economic and industrial development. It has the second-largest number of start-up companies in the world (after the United States), and the largest number of Nasdaq-listed companies outside North America.
• The Israeli economy was ranked as the world's most durable economy in the face of crises, and was also ranked first in the rate of research and development investments.
• Israel is ranked #2 in the world for venture capital funds, right behind the US.
• Israel's $350 billion economy is larger than all of its immediate neighbors combined.
• Relative to its population, Israel is the largest immigrant-absorbing nation on earth. Immigrants come in search of democracy, religious freedom, Judaism, and opportunity.
• Israel was ranked as the worldwide leader in its supply of skilled manpower.
• Israel's leading exports include electronics, software, computerized systems, communications technology, medical equipment, pharmaceuticals, fruits, chemicals, military technology, and cut diamonds. Give to support this organization in reaching out worldwide.
• Israel was the first nation in the world to adopt the Kimberly process, an international standard that certifies diamonds as "conflict-free."
• Israel has one of the lowest external debts in the developed world.
• Israel is one of the world's leaders in solar energy industry and in water technology. In response to water shortages, Israeli engineers and agriculturalists developed a revolutionary drip irrigation system to minimize the amount of water used to grow crops.
• Israel is the only country in the world that entered the 21st century with a net gain in its number of trees.
• Israel has led the world in stem-cell research papers per capita since 2000.
• Israel has the highest number of museums per capita in the world.
• Literacy in Israel is about 98%.
• An Israeli company developed a computerized system for ensuring proper administration of medications, thus removing human error from medical treatment.
• Israeli scientists developed the first fully computerized, no-radiation, diagnostic instrumentation for breast cancer.
• Israel's “Given Imaging” company developed the first ingestible video camera, so small it fits inside a pill. The camera helps doctors diagnose cancer and other disorders in the small intestine.  Give to support this organization in reaching out worldwide.
• Researchers in Israel developed a new device that directly helps the heart pump blood, an innovation with the potential to save lives among those with congestive heart failure.
• Israel has the highest percentage in the world of home computers per capita.
• Israel leads the world in the number of scientists and technicians in the workforce, with 145 per 10,000, as opposed to 85 in the U.S., about 70 in Japan, and 60 in Germany. With over 25% of its work force employed in technical professions, Israel places first in this category as well.
• The cell phone was developed in Israel by Motorola, which has its largest development center in Israel.
• Most of the Windows NT operating system was developed by Microsoft-Israel.
• Voice-mail technology was developed in Israel.
• Both Microsoft and Cisco built their only research facilities outside the US, in Israel.
• The technology for AOL Instant Messenger was developed in 1996 by four young Israelis.
• A new acne treatment developed in Israel, the ClearLight device, produces a high-intensity, ultraviolet-light-free, narrow-band blue light that causes acne bacteria to self-destruct; all without damaging surroundings skin or tissue.
• An Israeli company was the first to develop and install a large-scale solar-powered and fully functional electricity-generating plant, in southern California's Mojave desert.
• Cows in Israel produce the highest amounts of milk per animal in the world.
• Israel is one of the world's leading citrus-fruit producers and exporters.
• Israel has the highest rate of entrepreneurship among women and people over 55 in the world.
• Israel was the first country to ban underweight models.
• Israeli banknotes have braille markings on them.
• The first antivirus software for computers was created in Israel in 1979.
• Israel has published more books translated from other languages than any other nation in the world.   Give to support this organization in reaching out worldwide.
• The city of Beersheba has the highest number of chess grandmasters per capita in the world.
• People can easily float in the Dead Sea due to its unusually high salt concentration. It's almost impossible to dive into it.
• Israel is the only country to revive an unspoken language and establish it as its national tongue.
• The world's largest pepper was grown in Israel's Moshav Ein Yahav, as recorded by The Guinness Book of World Records in 2013.
• A cooking oil developed in Israel is capable of breaking up cholesterol and other blood fats.
• An Israeli company has developed the world's first jellyfish-repellent.
• A group of Israeli artists have started bus-stop libraries that are available free of charge to commuters traveling across Israel.