A 13-year-old German schoolboy corrected NASA's estimates on the chances of an asteroid colliding with Earth, a German newspaper reported Tuesday, after spotting the boffins had miscalculated. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

American, Walter Avery battled his opponent, Karl Menckhoff in one of the last dogfights of the first world war. After shooting the German down, he landed and cut a piece of the aircraft's cloth insignia from the side. It sat in a trunk for nearly 9 decades before it was discovered and returned to the German pilot's family. picked by BrownTrout 2 years ago

Like the headline says...he's doing it for charity picked by acemak 7 months ago

What happens when you have physics and chemistry professors teach grade school science classes? A whole lot of fun. picked by LSOjunkie 9 months ago

A three-year-old German girl traveled to the Netherlands on her bicycle at the weekend, national media said on Monday. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

A mysterious blonde paid a visit to a petrol station shop in the small eastern German town of Doemitz on Sunday -- wearing nothing but a pair of golden stilettos and a thin gold bracelet. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A baby gorilla from a German zoo was treated at a children's clinic after her mother's neglect left her dangerously dehydrated, zoo officials said. picked by DrNothing 1 year ago

German government plans to spy on terror suspects by deploying malicious e-mails.

I can't believe they even considered this! picked by bunmaster 1 year ago

A great free resource for learning German! Includes grammar exercises and an audio German pronunciation guide. picked by mahler87 1 year ago

You don't really need to understand German to get it. I dunno, it made me laugh.

Themepic has absolutely nothing to do with this. picked by mahler87 9 months ago

A German dentist overpowered a female patient in her home and yanked out two dental bridges from her mouth because she had failed to pay her bill. picked by AutumnLotus 2 months ago

A German motorist surprised by euro notes swirling in the air around her car hit the brakes and collected a "substantial amount of money" before turning it over to police. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Armed police went into action in the German city of Wuppertal after a woman reported seeing a masked criminal -- but having rushed to the scene, they were surprised to find not a crook, but a large stuffed toy. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A hobby historian has discovered the oldest known recipe for German sausage, a list of ingredients for Thuringian bratwurst nearly 600 years old. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A German flasher stunned lawyers during his appeal hearing on a flashing conviction by stripping off in court. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A German thief got nabbed after he tore off his finger during a bungled break-in then went back to retrieve it, police said on Wednesday. picked by punthe 1 year ago

A 19-year-old German woman has escaped from prison by hiding in a friend's suitcase. The fugitive hid inside the large case when her 17-year-old fellow inmate was released from the youth prison in northwest Germany on Friday. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

German cars are known for strength, speed and high fuel consumption, but a firm in eastern Saxony has designed a lithium-ion battery membrane that could finally make electric cars common. picked by muppet 11 months ago

Three hundred chickens died in panic early on Sunday when a drunken German teenager on a joyride crashed a van into their shed. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A German man who startled his neighbours when he hurled his computer out of the window in the middle of the night, was let off for disturbing the peace by police who sympathised with his technical frustrations. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago