The guy lifted the carving in 2004 and got home to Germany only to suffer from paralysis, nausea, unexplained fevers and cancer before dying recently. No word on if he smoked 3 packs a day and lived across from a Nuclear Power Plant picked by moe 3 years ago

The final resting place of three German U-boats, nicknamed "Hitler's lost fleet", has been found at the bottom of the Black Sea. The submarines had been carried 2,000 miles overland from Germany to attack Russian shipping during the Second World War, but were scuttled as the war neared its end. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

The Khmer Rouge, which ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979 and murdered 2-million people while in power, has entered the history books alongside the vile regimes of Germany, Rwanda, and Yugoslavia. And, like those other countries, the Khmer Rouge is finally being put on trial. Victims were plunged into tanks of water, often drowning; they received electric shocks to their genitals and eardrums. The s... read full post picked by TraumaMamma 8 months ago

Germany bans Cruise film shoot from military sites...and all I can say is...lol. picked by cheeselog1234 3 years ago

Clowns from across the world met in Germany Friday to pitch laughter as a way to survive the economic crisis. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

Gondwana was a ‘supercontinent’ that existed between 500 and 180 million years ago. Dr Eagles, working with Dr Matthais König from the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven, Germany, has devised a new computer model showing that the supercontinent cracked into two pieces, too heavy to hold itself together. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

The Harzer Bike Schmeide - World Heaviest Motorcycle built by Tilo Niebel of Zilly, Germany, which weighed 4.749 tonnes (10,470 lb) on 23 November 2007. The Massive Machine, Which is 5.28 m (17 ft 4 in) Long, 2.29 m ( 7ft 6 in) tall and powered by a Russian tank engine, took a team of welders and mechanics nearly a year to build. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Alone in a room in his home in Bonn, Germany, Friedhelm Hillebrand sat at his typewriter, tapping out random sentences and questions on a sheet of paper. He has written a book about the creation of GSM, . Hillebrand is pondering his next project. Multimedia messaging could benefit from regulation, you can never be sure whether your friend's phone will be able to display it. But he's hoping to... read full post picked by tgkprog 6 months ago

A U.S. Air Force base in Germany received a bomb threat hours before the sixth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. picked by buddha 3 years ago

“Cow is a rope stretched between the animal and the Überkuh -- a rope over an abyss.”

Derek Gow has imported 13 Heck cattle - creatures bred in Nazi Germany as an attempt to reintroduce the aurochs - an extinct breed of ox. picked by pocksucket 11 months ago

Mega-hot hip hop producer Timbaland was arrested in Cologne, Germany last Sunday, June 10 after getting involved in a fight outside the Hotel Intercontinental. picked by punthe 3 years ago

For the first time people can participate in voting for the coolest coin of the year. There are coins from Japan, Germany, Finland, Canada and surely US. picked by maxriter 2 years ago

Greenland is losing enough water each year to cover Germany a meter deep. This dramatic footage shows millions of gallons of fresh water pouring down a Moulin, a shaft that allows water to travel from the glacier's surface to its bottom. picked by equinox 1 year ago

What you read in your textbooks is wrong. Hitler took his best shot, but was unable to beat Churchill's superior strategy. picked by 2manyusernames 3 years ago

A cargo ship pulled by a giant, parachute-shaped kite will leave Germany on Tuesday on a voyage that could herald a new "green" age of commercial sailing on the high seas. picked by tigertony 2 years ago

President Bush came down with a stomach ailment Friday at the G-8 summit in Germany and is resting in his room. picked by punthe 3 years ago

In an interview with the ex-Chancellor of Germany, Adolph Hitler told Unquietmind that he "fully supports" online bookstore Amazon's above-and-beyond cooperation with German censorship laws that ban Mein Kampf. picked by Bornbad 2 years ago

A 104-year-old Dutch cabaret singer who once performed in Nazi Germany has given a concert in the Netherlands for the first time in four decades. picked by mahler87 2 years ago

Police believe a rival gamer flew from Germany to the UK to kill Mathew Pyke following an online dispute.

All the more reason to keep the drama to a minimum, eh fellow Plimates. picked by tigertony 1 year ago

The plot was to blow up a commercial plane. picked by wickedsmart 3 years ago