Our Reaction to 101 Facts About Germany! A Country Full of Surprises!!

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[@MaxSujyGermany]

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[@AP-RSI]

It is always amazing how few people know that Albert Einstein was German!

[@andreasfischer9158]

Einstein purportedly said ”If it turns out I am right, the Swiss will say I am Swiss, the Germans I am German. If it turns out I am wrong, the Swiss will say I am German and the Germans I am a jew.” That was before his hypothesis was confirmed by experiments.

[@piotrzagorski611]

95% people: Hitler wasn`t German!?

[@mickypescatore9656]

Hello from Germany! The thing with US-president Kennedy and the "Berliner" is, that although he said it right (a citizen from Berlin is called a Berliner), but the german jam filled donut is also called a "Berliner" in Germany. Fun fact: In the city of Berlin itself this donut is not called "Berliner", but "Pfannkuchen". This means "pan cake"! It`s a wrong name in my opinion, because a Pfannkuchen/ pan cake is something totaly different. Some others call the Berliner "Krapfen". Well....... I don`t know much about it. For me a "Krapfen" is also a different type of sweet thing. CRAZY!!! 😁

[@eisikater1584]

No, it's the exact same thing. I'm a Bavarian who lived in Berlin for several years, so a Bavarian Krapfen is a Berliner Pfannkuchen and is a Berliner everywhere else (except maybe Ostfriesland, but I don't speak their language). And, btw: What everyone else calls a Pfannkuchen (pancake) in Berlin is an Eierkuchen (egg cake). A small bread roll, "Brötchen", is a Semmel in Bavaria, a Bemme in Saxony, a Schrippe in Berlin, and hell knows how they call it in other places.

[@renate_c4h]

The difference is “ein Berliner” or “Berliner”. “Ich bin Berliner” would have referred to the inhabitants, “Ich bin ein Berliner” refers to the pancake. It makes a difference whether or not you use an article!

[@andreaseufinger4422]

@@renate_c4h That's nonsense. Am urban legend created in New York. While it is true, that in some regions of germany, Berliner is used for the pancake, nobody in germany would say Kennedy did a mistake - and consequently nobody laughed at him. Yes, you could misinterprete that, but the sentence is completely correct.

[@renate_c4h]

​@@andreaseufinger4422 No, this is not a myth made up in New York City. Why would Americans laugh about a German linguistical mistake? I was already alive when Kennedy delivered his speech in Berlin, although I was just a young child. We found this amusing back in the 1970s, when I was studying English at school. As a Linguist and Technical translator, I can confirm that the article’s usage or omission makes a difference. Perhaps it’s no longer common to distinguish in colloquial German, but saying “Ich bin ein Hamburger” (I am a Hamburger) would also be unusual. It’s important to question the information provided by AI. It’s primarily a translation from American English.

[@andreaseufinger4422]

@@renate_c4h it is

[@Patrick_RBX]

For me it is crazy to imagine how inhumane the healthcare system of USA for example is with its huge medical bills

[@lucashoffmann950]

Germany isnt really declining, we are at 84 Mil. People right now

[@benutzername2.031]

May 1941 - Konrad Zuse Z3 built the first functional, fully automatic and program-controlled, touring-capable, binary floating-point computer. Working memory 200 bytes (1937 - Zuse Z1)

[@williswameyo5737]

In Swahili, Germany is called Ujerumani from that same word

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

Hi you two! There were a few minor errors in the list. Berlin, for example, was the German capital since 1871 and not just since 1919. Weimar was never the capital. It was just that after the First World War, when there were very turbulent times in the country (to put it nicely), the constitutional assembly, including the government, moved to the tranquil Weimar to draw up and adopt the new constitution. Frankfurt was never the capital either. But it was the city in which the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire was elected and crowned. Frankfurt, like for example Hamburg, was a "free imperial city" (there were several of them) and did not belong to any prince or duke, but only to its own citizens and was accountable only to the emperor. The thing with the donut... Well... It is actually true that there is a pastry called "Berliner". But it is also true that this pastry has different names throughout the country. The Berliners themselves call the thing a pancake (which makes the rest of the country rub their eyes in amazement). The people of Munich call it a Krapfen. And in my area, the middle-west, Rhine/Main area, it is called Kreppel. And that in turn goes back to the French "Crepes belle". Since we had from time to time French troops "as guests" between 1648 and 1815, that is not so surprising... But the most important mistake was comparing it to a donut. This lump of yeast dough baked in boiling oil does not have a hole in the middle, but a sweet, marmalade-like filling, usually made of strawberries or raspberries and powder sugar on the top. But there are many variants...

[@labrynna87]

About the jammed donut: In Germany we have jam filled yeast pastries that get fryed in hot oil (so, it's basically a jam filled donut). These pastries are called "Berliner" in many parts of Germany. (However, there's some sort of "war" going on in Germany about the correct name of these pastries. In Bavaria, for example, they are called "Krapfen", while their name in Berlin is "Pfannkuchen" (although in other parts of Germany "Pfannkuchen" refers to some sort of thick crêpes) and in Hesse they go with the name of Kreppel. It's a mess! ^^") Therefore, "I am a Berliner" can be interpreted as "I am a citizen of Berlin" or as "I am a jam filled donut". ;D

[@michamcv.1846]

"americaner" are much more like donuts than "berliner"

[@labrynna87]

@@michamcv.1846 From a baking point of view: Not really. Donuts and Berliner are both made of yeast dough that gets fryed in hot oil. (So, until you decide whether you prefer to fill it with jam or put a frosting or chocolate on top the baking process is the same for Berliner and Donuts.) Amerikaner on the other hand are made out of batter and are baked in the oven instead of being fryed. But I can see where you come from since Amerikaner have a frosting like donuts.

[@artex98]

5:15 saying "Stuttgart", showing Financial District of New York - good job

[@SiqueScarface]

13:30 Actually, the first book printed with moveable types probably was the Artes grammaticae of Aelius Donatus, a Latin textbook. Remains of such a "Donatus" are in Strassburg, where he was involved in a juridical dispute in 1439, whose documents already contain hints to his printing experiments. There are also prints of indulgence letters (admittedly not books), which predate the 42-line Bible of 1450/1451.

[@user-ck1fi1fj6n]

5:11 The video said that Berlin was the german capital since 1919, but it was the capital since 1871, and even longer the capital of Prussia.

[@HalfEye79]

The thing with David Hasselhoff is, that he is known (mostly because of series like "Baywatch" and "Knight Raider") but not overly popular.

[@Patrick_RBX]

Btw West Saxony doesn't exist, Bremen is surounded by Lower Saxony

[@hneemann]

one could say that old english is western saxxon

[@williswameyo5737]

I didn't know Fanta came from Germany

[@alfred9486]

The second german empire started in 1867 as north german federation. 1870 south germany joined that federation to the second german empire. The empire began in january 1871.

[@SiqueScarface]

17:45 This is often repeated, but wrong on many levels. Yes, there are regions in Germany, where the jam donut is called Berliner. But Berlin itself does not belong to those regions(*). As John F. Kennedy was speaking in Berlin, no one in the audience was thinking of jam donuts. Sometimes, the argument is extended to the difference between "Ich bin Berliner" (I am an inhabitant of Berlin) and "Ich bin ein Berliner", which, with the article, would point to the baked sweetness instead of the place of origin. But John F. Kennedy used the article correctly, because in this context, he was not claiming to be from Berlin, but he actually said: "I am one of you, people of Berlin". (*) The German language is not very consistent, when it comes to naming foods. There are quite common foods, which don't have a common German name, and the same name can mean different things in different regions of Germany. The jam donut is one of them. In Berlin, it's a Pfannkuchen. But in other regions of Germany, Pfannkuchen is the pancake. Bread rolls would be another example: Schrippe, Brötchen, Semmel, Wecken - and the Wecken for instance is a whole loaf of bread in parts of Bavaria and Austria, and not just a bread roll.

[@williswameyo5737]

Albert Einstein is a German with a Jewish heritage, he is the greatest scientist in the field of Physics

[@renekuipers4563]

Lorenz was the first .Not Einstein..Einstein is fake.

[@charlesgrant-skiba5474]

It is not true that Kennedy called himself a donut (!). In this way, the communists wanted to ridicule him, because his support for West Berlin bothered them greatly. Just as a resident of Hamburg can say "ich bin ein Hamburger" (even though it is not a hamburger, i.e. an American roll with meat), so a resident of Berlin can say "ich bin ein Berliner" (regardless of the fact that donuts with jam are also called berliner pfankuchen). The fact that Kennedy identified himself as a Berliner was groundbreaking for the city's inhabitants, who lived under constant threat from communists. Unfortunately, their malicious propaganda, intended to show how stupid the American president is, is still repeated by unaware people. It's sad.

[@mo621]

In Thailand, Fanta has a completely different taste than in Germany.....

[@AP-RSI]

Not only there... in the US it is more faky and more sweet...

[@Proxi.]

ThAts normal. Cola, Monster, Red Bull, etc taste different all over the world

[@MaxSujyGermany]

Red Bull is Thai! :)

[@AP-RSI]

@@MaxSujyGermany Red Bull is austrian! They got the idea from Thailand, but that came from Japan while WW2! "The idea for drinks containing taurine came from Japan, where they were given to Japanese pilots during the Second World War to boost their performance."

[@hansmolders1066]

We have donuts without a hole but with a jam filling and they are called 'Berliner' like the city. Jfk stated solidarity with the Berlin ppl and said 'I am a Berliner!' if you want to make fun of this event you could say 'I am a jelly filled donut'

[@johnyo5033]

This video went far beyond her attention span

[@lillikonig68]

The numbers in the video are not correct, they are probably outdated numbers. Germany currently has 83.3 million inhabitants and it is estimated that there will be 85 million inhabitants by 2045.

[@PaulWinkle]

He was from the swabian tribe, those who make Mercedes and Porsche

[@Sc4v3r]

The population figure is not entirely correct. It has been rising ever since. The figure of 82 million comes from around 2000. Yes, around 2010 there were around a million fewer citizens in Germany, but that was only a short period of time. Currently we are at around 84.7 million. And the state grants a lot benefits to increase the incentive for children. But not all of them work. Every parent gets 2 years of parental leave, i.e. paid time off from work. Mother and father can split these 2 years as they wish. You can also take a third year off, but that will no longer be paid by the state. You get 250,00 Euros a month (as of 2024) in child benefit for each child. Children are covered free of charge under their parents' health insurance. And the additional payments that adults have to make do not have to be paid for children. You also get significant allowances for taxes and other social benefits, where income is taken as a basis. And much more. For example, every child has a legal right to a daycare place, which parents can also sue for. However, the biggest problem here is that there are simply not enough places because there are hardly any childminders and carers who want to do this job. So it's no use if you can sue for the place. Traditionally, at least one of the two parents would have to stay at home for 3 years before the child can go to kindergarten. And if there is no room for that either, then even until the child starts school at the age of 6. And then one parent can only work part-time. And many Germans no longer want to have to choose between career and children. And then very often the career is choosen over children.

[@marcoztak650]

Germany is about the size of Texas

[@BernhardHeiming-pw8xj]

🤝🇩🇪🤝👍🙏

[@Lightkie]

Russia, Ukraine, France, Spain, and Sweden are all bigger than Germany. Germany is just barely bigger than Finland, which is barely bigger than Norway, which is barely bigger than Poland, which is barely bigger than Italy. You mentioned the UK but it doesn't even make the top ten.

[@maximkretsch7134]

It is common understanding that the size of Germany is a function of time, just like the validity of your comment.

[@eisikater1584]

At #31, he forgot the most important German invention: The mp3 format. Yes, it was developed in Germany by a team of scientists and deliberately NOT patented to keep it open for further research and improvements.

[@PaiMei667]

most important ?🤨 😂 not even close

[@Lightkie]

Not patented? Was that a fake Fraunhofer Institute suing the crap out of everyone, then?

[@carljames1411]

Yes, we are only 6th largest country in Europe, but we are the European football champions of 2024.

[@kermitfrosch6559]

No the German population is increased to 84,5 mio. in 2024 and should reach 86,5mio. in 2040.

[@Lightkie]

This is an older video. I remember it went down from 82 to 80 million first and the amount of children is still way below two per couple on average. The only reason it went up is higher immigration in the last decade. You can't extrapolate that to 2040.

[@Lightkie]

Case in point: just the other day some preliminary results from the census 2022 have been released and it turns out that back then, a whole 1.4 million people were actually no longer living in Germany (mostly foreigners who went away again without notice). So instead of the 84.7 million that it was thought to be now, it's just about 83 million.

[@ChristophErnst-lr5ub]

That's all history, Germany went down the drain quickly in the last decade! It's nearly ruined, this time without Bombers! BUT, Germany went through a lot of stuff, we gonna survive this one too! Thank you for being interested in my Country, thank you for that!!

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

Du leidest an rechtslastiger Wahrnehmungsverzerrung...

[@entermesser178]

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