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Offbeat News tagged with Germany

Germany Transfixed By Story of Penguin's Love for Zookeeper
Offbeat  (tags: germany, love, bonding, friendship, zoo keeper, penguin )

Simone
- 18 days ago - all-creatures.org
The tale of Sandy, 14, a South African penguin, and Peter Vollbracht, 47, a zookeeper, is a saga of enduring love, separation and fidelity that has captivated Germany -- a parable for a society troubled by high divorce rates and marital breakdowns.
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Living Structures & Buildings - Made From Plants - Being Made in Germany
Offbeat  (tags: living plant constructions, "baubotanical" tower, Germany, environment )

Cher
- 105 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
For several years members of a research group at University of Stuttgart have been experimenting with the idea of living plant constructions. Recently the first "baubotanical" tower made of living trees has been completed. The prototypical building is
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Germany Opens 'Nazi' Gnome Case
Offbeat  (tags: nazi, gnome, Europe, Germany, bizarre, crime, interesting, odd, society, world )

Teresa
- 146 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
A garden gnome giving the Nazi salute has landed a German artist in trouble with the authorities in Nuremberg. Prosecutors are investigating whether the gnome, which went on show in one of the city's galleries, breaks the strict law banning Nazi symbol
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Kassel WilhelmshöHe Park and, HERCULES Statue, Hesse Castle, Germany
Offbeat  (tags: Kassel Wilhelmshöhe Park and, HERCULES Statue, Hesse Castle, Germany, Scott Shaubel )

Scott
- 368 days ago - germany-tourism.de
The only one of its kind in Europe.These waterfalls surge down to Wilhelmshöhe Palace from a large castle in the upper section of the park,which is topped by an Imperious 'Bronze Statue of HERCULES'. One of Europe's most important historical gardens..
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Soup Kitchen Opens for Dogs
Offbeat  (tags: Berlin, Germany, soup kitchen, for dogs, opens, unusual, off-beat, interesting, odd, humans, animals )

Kathy
- 402 days ago - stuff.co.nz
A soup kitchen exclusively for dogs has opened its doors in Berlin providing pets of the homeless and unemployed with a free meal, the director of the establishment said.
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Pig Nightmare of Vegetarian Driver
Offbeat  (tags: humor, interesting, off-beat, animals, German, germany, pigs, slaughterhouse, vegan, vegatarian )

Max
- 448 days ago - ecoscraps.com
These little piggies were going to market, when......
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Hitler Is Still Alive
Offbeat  (tags: Hitler, adolf, nazy, germany, funny )

Djole
- 463 days ago - fun-genius.com
Now it is official news!Adolf Hitler is still alive...Take a look for yourself.
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TWO German Air Force Sergeants Are Facing Courts Martial After Drawing Their Own Blood to Make Traditional Sausage.
Offbeat  (tags: GROSS, food, blood, sausage, Air Force, german, germany, recipes, food, unusual, odd, off-beat, interesting, funny, bizarre, news )

Peppermin
- 647 days ago - news.scotsman.com
The two men, based at a fighter squadron base near Munich, were photographed siphoning off their blood to mix with onions, bacon, spices and breadcrumbs according to the recipe of a grandmother of one of them.
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Obese German Crushes His Wife to Death During Fight - Germany
Offbeat  (tags: germany, obese, husband, wife, death, sitting, killing, weird, bizarre )

Chrissy
- 670 days ago - news.com.au
AN OBESE German man has been jailed for sitting on his wife during an argument and crushing her so badly that she later died. German news websites are reporting the 128kg man sat on his wife's chest, breaking her ribs.
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How to Cure the 7 Year-Itch?
Offbeat  (tags: marriage, offbeat, germany )

EowynAnne
- 806 days ago - timesonline.co.uk
How to cure seven-year itch? Limit marriage to seven years in Germany, Gabrielle Pauli's new approach on marriage....
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