Tag: Curiosities
When are flights cheap?: Tuesdays during the full moon
There are various hot tips circulating around the search for travel bargains. Scientists have now investigated whether they work. With a surprising result. source site
Vacation in the fog: is there any money back? – Trip
Now that Golden October lives up to its name and most people are no longer on vacation but back in their familiar working environment, it’s time to ask yourself: Was…
Championship in lounging: Montenegro is looking for the super chiller – Panorama
There is probably no competitive discipline on this planet rich in competitive disciplines that requires as little physical activity as the one whose champion is currently being determined in Montenegro.…
Back to school in Munich: A hell called “Fundkiste” – Munich
The lunch box is one of the biggest money-wasting machines in the parent universe. There must be a black hole somewhere in Munich that specializes in the cans and greedily…
“Reichsbürger” documentary on Arte: Just a cabinet of curiosities? – Media
You obviously have to be careful as a journalist these days when you start talking to people who see democracy more as an empty phrase. reporter the Time recently experienced…
Curiosities: Man steals 200,000 chocolate eggs: 18 months in prison
oddity Man steals 200,000 chocolate eggs: 18 months in prison One man in England was particularly taken with chocolate eggs. photo © Arno Burgi/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa This man seems to have a…
Curiosities: Without an appointment: Moose turned up in the hospital in Alaska
oddity Without an appointment: Moose turned up in the hospital in Alaska A young moose faces two employees at an Anchorage hospital. photo © Uncredited/Providence Alaska/AP/dpa He just showed up…
Kratzer’s vocabulary: Old Graffl and other curiosities – Bavaria
Graffl The current exhibition in the Massing open-air museum (Rottal-Inn district) is entitled “Mission Graffl”. The artist Matthias Weigold has collected many finds and put them together to form striking…
Curiosities: boy bounces barber bill – with curlers in his hair
oddity Boy bounces barber bill – with curlers in his hair Hairy affair: Because a teenager wants to avoid paying his bill for a perm, a hairdresser in Upper Bavaria…
Curiosities: Riddles about the purple pond in the Hildesheim forest
oddity Mystery about the purple pond in the Hildesheim forest The water in the Hildesheim forest near Sibbesse shimmers purple. But why? photo © Julian Stratenschulte/dpa A small pond in…