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HoverCatOne
They still have a scarcity of native-born, ethnic German children. But the numbers are being made up for by large numbers on immigrants.
killerstrumpf
I'd say number 2 is wrong. Germany had two capitals, Bonn and Berlin. Before 1871 there was no single German state.
thalaisama
that depends on how you interpret "germany". Aachen could be called the capital during the reign of Karl the great (~800 A.D.)
Shephed
9 explains why my mercedes turns on gas light when there is 7 ish gallon lift in the tank...
YodasLeftEar
no, its because the poor car doesnt understand the word "gallon"
BradPiss
I am loving this new trend in Imgur.+1
ZenjaSoba
Living in Germany would be pretty cool, other than the "I don't know a lick of German" part.
LimitDoesNotExist
Wie bitte?
gunnars
Always upvote Germany
bethesda13187
you, I like you!
MrMcGeeIn3D
GUTEN TAG
somethingwittyandnottaken
#11 im not so sure it that ist because of decline or because we bothered to recount in 2012 and lost about 2 million to that alone
0x1CEB00DA
Oh my, aren't we awesome ...
Dreambeavers
My brother lives in nurnburg...I sent him Reese cups for xmas.
lowsky
Hi to all imgurians from nuremburg (nürnberg)
StupidNoraGarbageface
Does he send you Elisenlebkuchen? Because he should!
InternationalPhoneticAlphabet
PEANUT BUTTER SWEETS. i am SO disappointed about the fraudulent candy that mars corp is selling us here.
dieSchadenfreude
I'm living in Austria and that is exactly what my sister sent me for Christmas. Five bags. Yiss.
Klado
Can we get Finland facts?
CabooseNomerson
But but... Goebbles' wife killed all of her children so they wouldn't be captured by the Russians... She had no direct descendants...
terryr
1st marriage. Her son from a previous marriage, Harald Quandt, inherited a huge fortune, own a 46.7 per cent stake in BMW.
HDraug
Weimar has never been the capitol. They just wrote the constitution there. Proof: I am from Weimar
chickenmilanga
Ok ok, I get it, Germany won the World Cup and we didn't, no need to keep reminding me.
jackmccw
If they tried world domination by asking nicely and presenting these facts, I'd vote in favour of it.
CountVorkosigan
YodasLeftEar
its funny cuz its true
MrBigBuns
*fuhreriously takes notes*
nossoalokas
Cool post. Matti is mans name here in finland :D
d0ri
yeah, its the same in Germany. that picture is bullshit.
MaxwellFive
Can anyone inform me of what the punishment of holocaust denial is in Germany? Would appreciate it
Atratvs
Jail, maximum 5 years, if you deny it or play it down. But you also can be punished if you deny other things the Nazis did, or "hat speech".
Zarkai
Jail + a fine, amount of both varies based on what the specifics were. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laws_against_Holocaust_denial#Germany
MaxwellFive
Huh, thank you
ImgurLurkingLurker
#22 or as we learned in school WWI was basically family feud, due to queen Victoria having a ton of kids
MyRegularAcctIsntAnonymousEnough
victoria; grandmother of europe
Selerox
Thats pretty much exactly right. Wilhelm II also had a big chip on his shoulder about not having a nice big Empire like Britain and Russia.
lordblood123
Well Germany in general did. But Wilhelm didn't want to fight his cousin Nicholas, he wrote pleading with him not to mobilize against them.
Selerox
Also, Victoria LOVED the cock. Which is why pretty much every royal family in Europe is in the English line of succession.
HashtagDadJokes
I can't tell if #25 is because of peaceful understanding or German efficiency.
Selerox
It makes sense really, it's not like they'll have a clash on what days they want to use it.
Iusedtoreadimagecomics
peaceful understanding can be very efficient
DougForcett
They're doing the same thing in the USA. It's called the Tri-faith initiative; a church, mosque, and synagogue on the same property.
DougForcett
Islam, Christianity, and Judaism can all trace their lineages back to an origin at Abraham anyway. So they're more similar than you think.
toesmash
#35 My ex wife. Donated blood, tested false positive hiv, tons of tests and Dna, she German...
Imroy
So... does she have HIV antibodies, or was the false-positive result just a coincidence?
toesmash
I'm pretty sure that's what they said but this was 16 years ago.
Easytotell
Would so have a baby with HIV immune German miss. That's good genes.
terryr
Strange that they could be immune to something that didn't exist until recently. Or did it?
vnqx
So...Hitler succeeded in making super people?
HoverCatOne
The Black Plague attacks the immune system same way as HIV. After the medieval plagues those with the gene survived and reproduced more.
Easytotell
Would the same be true of the Aztecs which survived the biological onslaught of the Spaniard invasion?!
CountVorkosigan
Not to the same extent. They only suffered a single catastrophic plague while European cities experienced them regularly.
JacksonsDaddy
That's a discussion to have with an immunologist over a beer or 5
KNDBS
Eeh no, the plague attack the lymphatic system, it goes to the lymph nodes where they avoid getting "eaten" by macrofagues 1/3
HoverCatOne
Here's a summary of the plague hypothesis in Nature. http://www.nature.com/news/2005/050307/full/news050307-15.html
KNDBS
It multiplies there until the nodes swollen and break, releasing big quantities of bacteria to the bloodstream infecting organs 2/3
KNDBS
or limbs, while HIV attacks the immune system cells themselves, also by that logic people from all of europe while will be immune no just
KNDBS
or limbs, while HIV attacks the immune system cells themselves, also by that logic people from all of europe while will be immune no just
KNDBS
or limbs, while HIV attacks the immune system cells themselves, also by that logic people from all of europe while will be immune no just
mooselikestoparty
I love living in Germany. I saw Star Wars 6 hours before my friends and didn't get murdered at the theatre.
Mediator92
Ouch. I felt that burn from across the Atlantic...
phoenixfromashes
Also, I want to congratulate Germany for how far they've come. From ashes can come the most beautiful humans. Thank you.
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lordblood123
Glory to the Kaiser!
SubtileSubtext
Thanks for investing.
StormSmithXXXV
"from ashes" watch yourself there...
lgrafo28
Bro that got me! Fuck dat onions! Thank you, you made my day!
YodasLeftEar
twice.
Ghostwish
So much citation needed...
somekindofusernamething
The New Zeland facts was pretty far off on a few things too.
WhereDidILoseMyPants
So I can go to jail and escape? Because freedom?
SIrEvilMustache
You won't get punished fpr escaping, but that doesn't mean that your sentence has been lifted.
Sharaxxv
Agree
HappyColdCut
These are literally screen shots from a buzzfeed video.
bud467
like #24.
ButterfaceTaintClown
jog on, wikipedia's over there Einstein...
imshibagel
The hamburger was supposedly invented in new haven, connecticut. But, no one seems to be able to prove ct versus germany
TheWonderOnsie
Didn't you know? These are internet facts, you can trust them...
Ghostwish
ERMAGERSH RLY!?
TheWonderOnsie
Yarp!
Carger
I stopped being as interested in these after the Australian one, which I know was full of inaccuracies.
TrixQuatro5
"Austrian"?
CameraRick
Many things are right, some seem wrong, some are wrong. Source: I'm a kraut
TheRealMisterSavage
*Sauerkraut*
Vanderhugen
I made it to the hamburger one then called bull shit because they were invented in Hamburg New York
CameraRick
That's one I'm not sure about. But many are still right. :)
DrewTheStampede
Which was named Hamburg,New York after Hamburg, Germany ...so by proxy?
questionableanswers
Also the Hamburger was based on the Frikadellenbrötchen (minced meat dumpling in a bread roll)
cutebunnies
e.g. you CAN name your child Matti or any genderless name, IF it gets a second name that's specific. it can't be a trademark or offensive.
cutebunnies
Additional fun fact: the name Pepsi is allowed, because it's a spanish name.
CameraRick
As Mercedes :)
CameraRick
seems to be what happened to Christoph Maria Herbst... :)
cutebunnies
what happened to him is religious parents. it's quite common to have the name Maria in honor of the Virgin Mary.
CameraRick
Killjoke :p
CrabPeopleTasteLikeCrabAndTalkLikePeople
Please tell me the escaping from prison one is wrong. Because that's just stupid.
Moerke
Nope, escaping from prison is legal, however helping or breaking other law while doing (e.g. damage to property) it still illegal.
CrabPeopleTasteLikeCrabAndTalkLikePeople
So (I know this is a stretch) if I get arrested for triple murder and they forget to lock my cell and I walk out next day, I'm good then?
Moerke
No, you still have your sentence but you don't get "charged" for breaking out. Additionaly it can decrease you chances for a early release 1
Moerke
from prison and you might get a "tightened arrest" (?).
NightMayor
I wish #26 was adopted in more places. I don't want to remember the 12 ways to spell "Ashleigh" and other names with non-sensical spellings.
TastyTastyScience
It is. USA is one of the few countries in the world with no baby-naming rules. Many countries have a list of names to choose from.
SalamiMitKetchup
Some names do have several spellings (e.g. Jannik, Yannick, Yannik...) And some celebrities kids names are Cheyenne-blue or Cosma Shiva.
idiotn00b
I can't read that shit all I see is "GERMANY RULES BABY NAMED"
skywards
Germany, Denmark, Iceland and other countries have official rules about what a baby can be named.
InternationalPhoneticAlphabet
unfortunately, "dont spell that name like a moron" is not one of these rules. more along the lines of "dont name it "Asshole" or "Coca Cola"
Varonessor
Is Moon-Unit acceptable?
InternationalPhoneticAlphabet
MAYBE as a second first name.
Pnkfaerie
I went to Germany, had a great time, had mezzo mix. I want to go to rock am ring. I also want to go back and drink beer.
TheMGlock
I go to the Sister Festival Rock im Park in nuremberg every year since 2010 It`s awesome
Ninjamit
I live in Nürnberg and my favorite bands are going to play next year, can't go there though ;_;
TheMGlock
I live in erlangen and am Very pumped to See skillet, Black sabbath and Tenacious D next year
TheMGlock
Sorry to hear that you Cant go
Ninjamit
I try everything to see at least Tenacious D and Volbeat. Would be my inner death if I miss them. ^^
JaktheJester
Without a doubt Germany got the Best Festivals by faaaar Rock am Ring,Mera Luna, Wakken and more
iHATEcAPSlOCK
Spezi is the far tastier mix of Cola/Lemonade than Mezzo Mix.
Pnkfaerie
Yum I had spezi.
SubtileSubtext
Schwipp-schwapp guys
chancesareimmasturbating
nothing on technology from Germany?
mustconsistoflettersandnumbersonly
Germany haz technology.
SteveLookather
Well apparently not. But there might be more to germany than this post...
kerms
Nope. Just Nazis.
Jasperman62
Sprockets!
homicidal85
The penis enlargement thing. That's technology
nipaxon
I read the other day that germany have had a successful test run with fusion.
TheDuriel
to elaborate: the first successful run with a length above 1 second. but still less then 10.
nipaxon
Even if it wasnt that long, its still a cool thing that the tech is on the move.
Kayouel
fuckin GEMA
rex314
Yes, fucking GEMA: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130425/17042522839/how-gema-is-still-worst-collective-rights-organization-world.shtml
TheMGlock
actually it`s more the fault of youtube, because they won`t handle out a Contract with the Gema and that way they rather block the videos
Standard727
In my opinion the demands of the GEMA are unreasonable. 0.006€ per click. With the many millions of clicks which would have to be covered,1/
Standard727
that's way out of it. Lets just assume youtube would have to pay for 100million klicks in a year, that would be 600.000€.
WilliamHuskerAdama
And 100M clicks is nothing
Kayouel
Yea google is bitching about paying a few cents for each unblocked video..which is kinda understandable tho if you think about all thosevids
TheMGlock
Yeah but you should also think about how much it cost`s to record a Song or make a Video to a Song it`s not cheap I can tell you that (1)
TheMGlock
and as far as I understand it they just want a little token for that Effort and at the end of the day it`s their work, i wouldn`t work for 0
WilliamHuskerAdama
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130425/17042522839/how-gema-is-still-worst-collective-rights-organization-world.shtml
rex314
Except that GEMA also collects fees on music it doesn't represent, and even when it does, the money doesn't necessarily go to the right ->
rex314
artist: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130425/17042522839/how-gema-is-still-worst-collective-rights-organization-world.shtml
PickleRicC89
#18 incorrect. Coca-Cola still wanted to sell product to the axis powers without being seen as traitorous in so they invented Fanta
NRubric
Infented by the german chief chemist of Coca-Cola "Schetelig" 1940 in Essen Germany. So it's not really wrong.
DefinitelyNotAShark
They just rebooted classic Fanta as a limited edition (iirc), it's fucking delicious.
FlexKavana
But the classic Fanta was different than the Fanta classic they sell today
DefinitelyNotAShark
Idk, I'm too young lol. LE Fanta Classic is sold in brown glass bottles and is made with oldschool stuff like lactic acid instead of E's.
FlexKavana
I also didn't live in the 1940ties myself :D
Tylendal
Is that the stuff they have in Europe? Cause European Fanta is amazing, the stuff here is swill.
DefinitelyNotAShark
No, regular Euro fanta is just fanta. This one is sold in tiny glass bottles (original design) and made with (seemingly) old-school stuff.
Tylendal
You won't call it "Just Fanta" again if you ever experience the orange-flavoured ditch water we have here in North America.
DefinitelyNotAShark
Lol! I will open a bottle in your name tonight, my friend.
FlexKavana
There's no euro fanta. The one in the Netherlands tastes better than in Germany
DefinitelyNotAShark
Not gonna fight you there %) But I guess that's still a modernized Fanta.
IwonderwhenPhilCollinswilltouragain
Germany is a country I have always wanted to live, it's my plan B. The German women, the efficiency, the education - i love it all.
mathematicalmole
The freedom-crushing bans on free expression...
GunPonTooth
Yeah, and Das Auto...
GoodolVorbis
Women yes, efficiency no, education perhaps. Other reasons include - culture, partys (they know how), history that education has forgotten
Dougieleginge
I went to Germany for a 2 week trip once, a German chick screamed "Penis!" at me in a hallway and scampered off giggling. Good times.
Aggregat4
The education is shit! I am doing my A-levels here and it is horrible.
Tech3828
You only wanna go for the penis enlargement, be honest now
CanIGetAnyOfUCuntsADrink
Germany is the shit. Lived there for 8 months
MissVanKuchen
It's true what they say about german grumpyness though.
PaulLynde
I love Germany too. Especially the legalized prostitution.
atsomepointidid
I live Germany too. I hope I can migrate there. Oh dear Germany please love me I am coming over!
Reverendshot777
Went to Stuttgart for a trip and then Berlin for my honeymoon. I love Germany, fantastic place to visit.
mattmv06
I agree 100%
MissVanKuchen
It's true what they say about german grumpyness though.
NoKangaroosInAustria
I'd rather recommend Vienna, the Capital of Austria. It won the global award for the city with the highest living standard multiple times.
IwonderwhenPhilCollinswilltouragain
I have heard that
comacomacomacomachameleon
And now it's all Middle Eastern folk.
16745
Just had my first Syrian style lunch. Nearly cried, never tasted something like that befor. We need more Syrian restaurants!
comacomacomacomachameleon
Germany for Germans.
DeltaBlast
The blocked youtube vids...
toboldlygowherenomanhasgonebefore
If you don't have an unblocker installed, you are part of a tiny minority.
Zer0th
What about our beer?
Jasperman62
I can't believe no one else has mentioned the beer.. It would be in the top 3 reasons for me
Lisossoma
The beer?? God it's divinebeerland....
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InternationalPhoneticAlphabet
move to köln, go to belgium for a daytrip.
SirPooperTScooper
Can I go to college there??? Like..I already have a degree but like could I get my masters there?? Idk why I'm asking you in particular???!?
magisch
More or less yes.
DeathStarTechSupport
I so want this too. My wife on the other hand...
nymunariya
yes, you can. Find just find a school with an English masters programme. If you already have a degree, it's much easier to get in.
peacem4k3r
Yea, many of the big THs ("Technische Hochschule", Universities specialized on STEM) like RWTH Aachen are really open to foreign students.
allergicturtle
There a few expat forums you can find more detailed information on like toytown. I lived in Munich 2006-2009
BritaThePurifier
I imagine so. Gotta learn the language, though. And very well, at that, to do masters level college classes. 1/2
DrunkGermanGuy
Many courses, especially for a masters degree, are held in english and the number is rising.
BritaThePurifier
2/2 I was there one exchange for a month. Admittedly, I wasn't a very good student at the time, but I caught about 1 in 10 words in class.
magisch
Note though that many German universitys offer classes strictly in english.
DasAtom
There are master classes held in english as well. At least at my university there are some.
allergicturtle
Many universities offer master's programs in English but you need minimum 10k in bank for student visa if you are from outside the EU
SirPooperTScooper
Yeesh
Osgood3
My parents just signed a Verpflichtungserklärung at the Embassy saying that they are financially supporting me. (1/2)
Osgood3
But the 8,000 euros in a blocked bank account is also one of they ways you can get your residency permit.
JESUCEDESCORNEMUSESETCESTMIEUXQUUNEPARTOUZE
Ahem, the german women are not so great my dear friend. Just pick up ur girl in another country of europe, so many choices
Ahnengeist
It has a downside to it, believe me. For me, it's back to the States.
tanner77
Serve in the US Army or Air Force and get stationed there like I did. It's an awesome country!
SnugglyWalrus
And everything is so cleeeeeean!
InternationalPhoneticAlphabet
i see you havent met me.
Tefal
Germany? Clean? You've never been to Switzerland I see..
SnugglyWalrus
Germany is cleaner than 95% of places though for sure.
Tefal
Definitely. However I've lived in both and it turns out Switzerland is mindbogglingly, almost disturbingly clean.
MonsieurLaPaditte
German women, you say? I'll need examples
DrunkGermanGuy
Martina Hill
IwonderwhenPhilCollinswilltouragain
The German national female soccer team...
TimfromBraunschweig
Angela Merkel. Not.
HannaTheGreat
let's switch
IwonderwhenPhilCollinswilltouragain
Washington DC okay with you?
HannaTheGreat
Great! You like Bavaria?
IwonderwhenPhilCollinswilltouragain
Deal. Thank god I had that go bag ready to go
sneakdameek
Safe travels!
Kaetile
I agree to that, Germany is a great country to live but the language is just not easy to learn (even as a native) xD
nymunariya
I disagree. I find German more structured than English. And the rules make sense.
Selerox
You can completely butcher English and still be understood. But if you get the word order wrong in German and you're talking gibberish.
rhabea
You like the rules and the structure, hm? You'll fit right in. ;)
Selerox
English also lacks grammatical gender. Which is also one of the reasons why native English speakers tend to struggle with German.
TheWombatStrikesAgain
As a German: No idea what you're talking about.
nymunariya
take "i before e except after c" "rule" in English. It basically has more exceptions than cases where it is true. German doesn't do that.
TheWombatStrikesAgain
No, but german has grammatical genders. One table is male, a group of tables is female. Why? Because we don't have to make sense.
Rocksarefuckingmajestic
As someone who lives in Germany... it has always been my dream to live in the US.
IwonderwhenPhilCollinswilltouragain
Or until Trump could be your president
skywards
...until you get sick or injured and spend the rest of your life in debt that you'll never be able to pay off.
Rocksarefuckingmajestic
Are insurances so expensive?
skywards
Depends, but the real issue is that even if you have health insurance, they don't even cover a lot of things.
Rocksarefuckingmajestic
That sounds so complicated... In Germany your employer has to pay it :D
CGriffo124
The education system is actually pretty shitty - Source, every German I've ever met
KirschPunkt
Well, it has ups and downs, just like everything in the world. Maybe you only met people speaking of the downs...
DrunkGermanGuy
I think it's pretty good actually. Higher education is excellent, but absolutely not required to find a job. You may as well do an >
DrunkGermanGuy
> "Ausbildung", which is a state certified vocational school / apprenticeship education model offered for a wide range of jobs which.
toboldlygowherenomanhasgonebefore
I think not. source: Me (a German who went through it).
SkuIIpoopI
It's not bad it's just not standardised. If they would do that it would be really good. Source: I'm from the 'east' studying in the south.
pohuing
Most of the things you learn in school won't find practical use irl. I'm 12th grade and we still have religion 2 hr a week, IT has 3...
SkuIIpoopI
It's not a bad thing to have a basic of common knowledge, I think that is was school is for. And maths etc surely doesn't hurt in life.
pohuing
Common knowledge is fine, but often you don't learn any of that, you rather interpret old stories, wich is interresting but highly unuseable
die2
the practical use comment is something i expect from a 12th grader. school doesn't have to teach you practical stuff.
pohuing
Still kinda makes you question why you have to calculate the shit outa models wich don't work in actualy use. The Stuff being taught is shit
DrunkGermanGuy
Actually it's very standardised. The vocational model (Ausbildung) as an alternative to university education is probably responsible for >
DrunkGermanGuy
> our economical well-being.
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DrunkGermanGuy
Oh, I see what you mean. Yeah, Zentralabitur would be a great thing actually. I can't believe what kind of shitty courses one may take for >