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'Pay what you think it's worth' scheme pays off in Germany
Hamburg - The latest trend in the European restaurant business is the pay-whatever-you-think-it's-worth gimmick, and enterprising eateries in Germany say it pays off big time. Taking a tip from the rock group Radiohead, which offered its latest album...

[Posted on : 2008-02-14 ] Category : [ Fun (General) ]

Women revellers snip neckties during German carnival
Dusseldorf - Women revellers snipped off men's neckties or shoelaces in Lower Rhineland cities of Germany Thursday as the annual carnival celebrations in the region shifted into high gear. Hundreds of delegates to a European conference on industrial ...

[Posted on : 2008-01-31 ] Category : [ Fun (General) ]

Spaniard wins record 76 million euros in lottery
Granada- A Spaniard from the small southern town of Montefrio won a record 76 million euros (109 million dollars), the biggest lottery win in Spanish history, after spending four euros on the ticket. The winner had gone into hiding, according to medi...

[Posted on : 2008-01-27 ] Category : [ Fun (General) ]

Groom-tossing tradition carries on in northern Japan
Tokyo - Two newly-wed couples dared to return to their hometown of Matsunoyama in northern Japan, knowing that the grooms were going to be tossed, off a5-metre high snowy cliff, a tourism official said Wednesday. In a 300-year-old tradition, villager...

[Posted on : 2008-01-16 ] Category : [ Fun (General) ]

German flies over New Zealand's highest peak in paraglider - Summary
Wellington - A 42-year-old German daredevil on Wednesday became the first man to fly over Mount Cook, New Zealand's highest peak, in a motorized paraglider. Gerhard Gerry Mayr struck severe turbulence in getting over the 3,754-metre mountain with t...

[Posted on : 2008-01-16 ] Category : [ Fun (General) ]

 



 

 


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