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TIL Researchers from three universities in Germany have created the coldest temperature ever recorded in a lab, 38 trillionths of a degree warmer than absolute zero

by whatilearned January 22, 2022, 5:46 am

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TIL: Kinder Chocolate was created and produced by the Italians, and never Germany

by whatilearned January 20, 2022, 3:18 pm

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TIL about Ostalgie, a wide feeling of nostalgia by former East Germans post-reunification that has created a distinct identity that was arguably far greater than when Germany was divided

by whatilearned January 19, 2022, 3:28 pm

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TIL in Nazi Germany, men giving each other a ‘lustful glance’ was punishable by up to six months in prison.

by whatilearned January 17, 2022, 5:47 pm

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TIL of the Morgenthau Plan, a post-WWII proposal for Germany by US Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr. in which its arms and other industries would be destroyed, and the country would be partitioned. It was concluded to be unworkable and would result in 25 million Germans starving to death.

by whatilearned January 17, 2022, 2:18 pm

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TIL if you register that you are religious in Germany, then church taxes are deducted from your paycheck and sent to the church.

by whatilearned January 15, 2022, 9:14 pm

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What is the first thing you think about when someone mentions Germany?

by QuestionGuy January 15, 2022, 4:49 pm

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Today I learned that exactly one second of the entire Harry Potter franchise was filmed in Germany: the medieval town of Bernkastel-Kues is seen in “The Deathly Hallows Pt. 1”

by whatilearned January 15, 2022, 12:32 am

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TIL that the Nazi Germany Parliament was derisively referred to by Germans as the “the most expensive singing club in Germany”, since it couldn’t do much other than sing the National Anthem during its sessions.

by whatilearned January 13, 2022, 7:39 am

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TIL that in 1945, General George S Patton, upon the liberation of the Buchenwald Concentration Camp in Germany, forced 1,000 local citizens to tour the camp to witness firsthand the atrocities that had taken place within.

by whatilearned January 11, 2022, 5:17 am

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TIL That the Russians made the Kremlin ‘disappear’ during WWII to escape Nazi Germany bombing. Despite 95 German aerial raids by night and 30 raids during the daytime, carried out by 7200 bombers, the Kremlin suffered basically no damage

by whatilearned January 11, 2022, 3:07 am

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TIL for three years Milka (Swiss/German chocolate brand) used a lilac-colored promotional tour boat with a five-meter-high cow mascot on the rivers of Germany and Austria. This boat was named the “Muhboot” (pronounced Moo-boat)

by whatilearned January 10, 2022, 2:43 pm

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