Tag: Germany
275,000 Dominoes – Enjoy Your Life
It took 12 people eight days to set up 277,275 dominoes. 272,297 of them were toppled at Wilhelm-Lückert Gym in Büdingen, Germany at the Sinners Domino Entertainment event. Anytime you think the show is over, you’re wrong, because it goes on the entire ten minutes, with some tense moments (like the aquarium bit). The part at the beginning broke a world record for the most dominoes toppled in a spiral: 55,555 of them!
Paralyzed Dogs Love Playing Fetch
All of Gritta Götz’s dogs (wheel cart bound or not) love playing fetch.
There’s no shortage of material out there on how best to train dogs in the basics: to sit, stay, and come when called — but some of the most valuable lessons on finding happiness through life’s difficulties just might be the ones they can teach us in return.
All too often, pets with disabilities are the last to be adopted, deemed undesirable for the special care they require. Thankfully, however, there are people like Gritta Götz, who runs an animal sanctuary in Lanzenhainer, Germany, there to give them a chance to live their lives to the fullest.
And boy, do they ever.
Gritta told The Dodo that she originally had just one dog, but through her volunteering with rescue organizations, she began opening her home to some of their needier pets. Today, more than two dozen formerly-unwanted dogs that live on her rural sanctuary, eight of which are confined to wheelchairs.
They may be a little slower than their four-legged counterparts in this spirited game of fetch, but that doesn’t keep them from trying.
Das Auto: The Germans, Their Cars And Us
This is a good BBC documentary on why Germany is the economic powerhouse it is today. Good labor practices, second-to-none engineering and exemplary efficiency.
Documentary examining Germany’s economic power and the automobile industry at the heart of it. Across the world, the badges of Volkswagen, Audi, BMW and Mercedes inspire immediate awe. Even in Britain, where memories of Second World War run deep, we can’t resist the appeal of a German car. By contrast, our own industry is a shadow of its former self. Historian Dominic Sandbrook asks what it is we got wrong, and what the Germans got so right.
Load More