Two thirds of your car's fuel is burnt up as heat. A German company has announced plans to develop a generator which will use that heat to create electricity. This could cut gasoline usage by 5-7%.
This is a different plan than talked about here picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

She was supposed to be supervising the party but appears to need some supervision of her own.

Embedded video might be NSFW picked by tigertony 1 year ago

The 17-year-old wrote in the chatroom: “I have had enough. I’m fed up with this terrible life.

“I have weapons here, and tomorrow morning I will go to my former school and I will really administer a grilling. Perhaps I will get away.

Also it turns out that violent video games are being blamed for the killing spree. Surprise, surprise picked by Doggylives 9 months ago

A German retiree cut down 122 trees in a publicly owned forest to give his holiday cottage a clear view of the Baltic Sea...wow picked by acemak 2 years ago

Can you tell the prose that won a Nobel Prize? Each quote is either machine-translated German text or a sample of William Faulkner's prose.

I got 33% correct. picked by hypnotode 2 years ago

Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit - why didn't she just throw her out! picked by topofall 1 year ago

Doc Morris Pharmaceuticals have opened a big ol' can of controversy with a series of ads featuring sperm that look like Osama Bin Laden, Mao Tse-Tung and Adolf Hitler. The implication is that by using contraception you might prevent the birth of the next evil terrorist or great dictator. This has upset some people who don't think Chairman Mao should be put in the same group. picked by pocksucket 7 months ago

A bat set off a fire alarm in a German highway tunnel early Friday, forcing an hour-long closure and causing long delays. picked by punthe 2 years ago

A German photographer has spent six years taking photographs of Chinese people sleeping in any position and situation. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

I'm sure it's fake.... But it's still hilarious. picked by gammerus 2 years ago

Rare pictures of German prisoners of war from World War I showing the Japanese how to produce sausages have been discovered. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Cartoonist Tom Scott has found his depiction of a super- mouse in Nazi uniform is too strong for German distributors of his drug education book. picked by ogri2003 2 years ago

A German choir that has strung together a list of everyday gripes about everything from lousy weather and bad services to poor leaders and unfaithful husbands has become a musical hit in a country that loves to complain. picked by lynxears 1 year ago

Rolf Eden, a 77 year old German millionaire, who brags about bedding more than 2000 women rarely takes no for an answer. A 19-year old who went on a date with him refused to have sex with him. He is now suing her, making claims of ageism, that she is discriminating. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Police dogs in the western city of Duesseldorf will no longer get their feet dirty when on patrol -- the entire dog unit will soon be equipped with blue plastic fiber shoes. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

German "storage" efficiency inspires real world stackable parking garage. picked by BrownTrout 2 years ago

Bald men in Germany have no right to state-funded wigs, according to a new court ruling. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

The spokesman said the owner had declined to identify the body, saying it could not be Skippi. However, police said the corpse matched their description and that no other kangaroos had been reported missing in the area. picked by misswinkle 2 years ago

German channel EtosTV is dedicated to death, providing documentaries about cemetaries, information for the elderly and paid obituaries of the recently deceased. picked by pocksucket 2 years ago

A German mom faces charges after allegedly sending her teenaged son care packages of marijuana while he was in drug rehab. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago