20 short little-known facts about Germany

Germany, one of the richest and most influential countries of the European Union, is fraught with many syurprizov.Sayt collected as much as two dozen curious little-known facts about Germany.

1. , Germany with a population of 81 million people is the most populous state of the European Union.

2. The name hamburger comes from the name of the German city of Hamburg.

3. In Germany, released the world's first magazine. The first issue of the periodical Erbauliche Monaths Unterredungen came out in 1663.

4. The descendants of the wife of Joseph Goebbels are the richest family in modern Germany.

5. In Germany, there is a demographic decline. Over the last decade the population has decreased by 2 million.





6. In Germany, there is no punishment for the prisoner who is trying to escape from prison. Such actions are regarded as a manifestation of the human instinct to be free.

7. In the period from 1989 to 2009. in Germany, it was closed about 200 schools due to lack of children.

8. At various times, the capital of Germany were Aachen, Regensburg, Frankfurt, Nuremberg, Weimar, Berlin and Bonn.

9. Berlin 9 times more of Paris; here built more bridges than Venice.

10. In Germany, stopping on the highway due to the depletion of fuel is an administrative offense and is punishable by a fine.





11. In 2014, Germany formally abolished tuition fees in colleges, even for foreign students.

12. Chinese Checkers were invented in Germany.

13. 60% of the 1,000 most popular videos on YouTube are not available to view in Germany.

14. Deutsche Bundesbank made a final payment of reparations from the First World War as part of the Treaty of Versailles in 2010.

15. 5500 bombs of World War II and are neutralized in Germany each year - an average of 15 a day.





16. In 1960, two members of The Beatles, Paul McCartney and Pete Best were deported from Germany for ignition ... condom.

17. Dachau - Concentration Camp in Germany, opened six years before the Second World War.

18. The Russian Emperor Nicholas II, the British King George V and the German Kaiser Wilhelm II, who ruled during the First World War, were cousins.

19. drink "Fanta" was invented in Germany during World War II. Creating a product due to the difficulties to import syrup production of "Coca-Cola" in the country.

20. In Germany, Denmark, Iceland and other countries, there are rules that must be followed when choosing a name for a child.

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