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Do you really know Germany?
No Oktoberfest dates and no capital city. These six questions reveal how German ideas ended up in your pocket, your music player and your wardrobe.
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Did you know?
- Germany's Autobahn has long stretches with no general speed limit.
- Aspirin was first produced in a stable form by the German company Bayer in 1897.
- The custom of the decorated Christmas tree, as widely known today, developed in Germany.
Germany's everyday inventions
Many things people use every day began in Germany — often in ways that surprise even Germans.
Ideas that became words
English borrowed 'kindergarten' directly from German, along with words like 'angst' and 'wanderlust'.
From Bavaria to the world
German emigrants helped build American industry. Levi Strauss is one of many who turned a new idea into a global product.
A tradition of engineering
From Zuse's early computer to the MP3, German researchers laid foundations for the digital world long before it arrived.