Most dog owners delight in teaching their pet to "shake a paw". But the trick a German man taught his canine companion was much more sinister... it learned to do a Nazi salute. picked by misswinkle 2 years ago

Perhaps one of the best kept secrets of WWII. In the event of Gibraltar being captured by German forces, six men would have been sealed into a secret chamber in order to observe the Germans for up to a year. The chamber was discovered in 1997 but no 1st hand account was available.

Until now. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Two "gay" male penguins have hatched a chick and are now rearing it as its adoptive parents, says a German zoo.

The zoo, in Bremerhaven, northern Germany, says the adult males - Z and Vielpunkt - were given an egg which was rejected by its biological parents. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

Adolf Hitler, the most notorious champion of Richard Wagner and “racially pure” German music, banished Jewish and Russian musicians from the concert halls of the Third Reich — but apparently listened secretly to their work. picked by Bornbad 2 years ago

A convicted pedophile sentenced to do community service in a German kindergarten will return to court next week to face charges of abusing two children there, a regional prosecutor's office said Thursday. picked by Lilo 2 years ago

1001 (ish) ways to open a bottle of beer. I've tried about 4...

Site is German, but so are some of the best beers picked by davethefish 2 months ago

Passengers on a German train mistook a Halloween reveller dressed up as a gore-covered zombie for a murder victim and called the police. picked by DemureArt 2 years ago

A couple filmed at the Sicilian resort of Taormina last year have been identified as innocent Germans and not a top FBI fugitive and his girlfriend. picked by mutil8or 2 years ago

East German athlete says his coaches gave him a ridiculous amount of steroids in the 80's, altering his body chemistry to the point that he finally had a sex change in 1997. Before and after pics in article. picked by Rowangrey 1 year ago

A light meal to have with your cucumber Pepsi. picked by Bornbad 2 years ago

Cat Bombs, War Pigs, Military Insects

The most creative way to use a cat as a weapon happened in World War II. The United States’ OSS (Office of Strategic Services, the precursor of the CIA) needed a way to guide bombs to sink German ships. picked by Turtle 2 years ago

German nudists will be able to start their holidays early by stripping off on the plane if they take up a new offer from an eastern German travel firm.

Those wacky Germans!!! picked by bevissimo 2 years ago

An extraordinary account from a German army medic has finally confirmed what the world long suspected: Hitler only had one ball. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

That's some serious internet addiction. picked by IlliterateMook 9 months ago

Petra the swan has a new home and so does her beloved swan-shaped paddleboat.

update to cb's post, here picked by muppet 2 years ago

It's not a building that seems to promise guests luxury or the most comfortable night's sleep. And that's because the "Alcatraz Hotel" used to be a prison. picked by maven 1 year ago

The perspective control in Grand Theft Auto inspired Julius von Bismarck to invent a third-person view, out-of-body experience generator. What you say?

*This link is passed through a German translator so the text is odd for that, but he provides a strange video of the effect and instructions on how to create your own. picked by equinox 10 months ago

Very few people have heard of John Heartfield, the German born artist whose photomontages in the late nineteen thirties outraged Adolf Hitler. However, as part of the resistance against the inexorable rise of Nazism, he contributed some of the most biting satirical photographic mashups of the day - and all without the aid of Photoshop. Nice. picked by bingo 7 months ago

FTP: "Germany's latest AIDS-awareness commercial evokes some strong emotions: shock, disgust, nausea. And that's exactly the point. The controversial ad, which was released online on Sept. 3 and starts running on German TV on Wednesday, shows a couple having steamy sex in a dimly lit room with menacing music playing in the background. The viewer only sees the back of the man's head until the ... read full post picked by nickcobb 3 months ago

Officials in the German government are being encouraged to take daily naps with the goal of increasing productivity and overall efficiency. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago