Wow Germany!

 Germany : Amazing Facts

• Almost one-third of Germany is powered by renewable energy.

• German is the official language of five countries : Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Luxembourg, and Liechtenstein.

• Germans believe that open windows will cause illness.

• It’s thought that if you bury your deceased dog under your doorstep, it’s ghost will guard the house.

• Germans consider it bad luck to celebrate birthdays early. 

• 6.7 million liters of beer are consumed at Oktoberfest which is the world’s largest beer festival.

• Germany has close to 700 zoological gardens, wildlife parks, aquariums, and animal reserves.

• There are over 20,000 castles in Germany.

• Colleges in Germany have been tuition free since 2014, even for international students.

• Fairy tales created in Germany includes:

• Hansel and Gretel

• Snow White

• Rapunzel

• Some of the famous philosophers were from Germany including Kant, Hegel, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche.

• It’s illegal to run out of fuel on highways.

• The magazine was first invented in Germany in 1663.

• The Christmas tree was first created in Germany.

• The Chancellor’s office in Berlin is known locally as as the “washing machine”.

• Handball was first invented in Germany.

• Nearly one-third of the country remains forested.

• The world’s narrowest street is in Reutlingen.

• Germany has won a total of 1,681 medals, 547 of them being gold in many sports.

• Germany boasts almost 1,000 varieties of sausages. And there is a museum dedicated to sausage.

• Most taxis in Germany are Mercedes.

• One in three Germans is a member of the German Olympic Sports Federation.

• The first printed book was in German.

• Germany was the first country in the world to implement Daylight Saving Time (DST) or summer time.

• Donaudampfschifffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft is the longest word to be published.

• There are over 1,500 different beers in Germany.

• 108 Nobel laureates are from Germany.

• The country bakes 300 kinds of breads and 1,200 kinds of bread rolls and baked goods.

• To get 1 beer in Germany, you show your thumb. If you show your first finger then it means that you want 2 beers.

• Germany has over 400 zoos, the most in the world.

• There are two bread museums in the country.

• The Ulm Minster in Ulm, Germany, is the world's tallest church.

• Large German companies include : BMW, Adidas, SAP, Mercedes-Benz, Nivea, Audi, Bayer, Puma, Volkswagen and Siemens.  

• There are 26,000 football clubs in Germany.

• The capital city of modern Germany has changed seven times.

• Smoking is banned in public places but drinking alcohol is still legal.

• German inventions:

• x-ray machine

• pocket watch

• clarinet

• gummy bears

• cuckoo clock

• diesel engine

• paraffin

• automated calculator

• aspirin

• fluorescent lamp

• telephone

• Fanta

• LCD screen

• pregnancy test

• Easter Bunny

• vehicle automobiles

• the printing press

• the MP3 format

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