Portal:Germany/Did you know

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... that Bartholomäus Scultetus tried to become the court cartographer of Ivan the Terrible?
... that in 1956 a person dressed as the anthropomorphic hedgehog and comic star Mecki traveled by helicopter to more than 100 cities in southern Germany to give children gifts?
... that Gdańsk Castle was taken down in one month?
... that the board game Dorfromantik was inspired by a video game that was inspired by board games?
... that Christl-Marie Schultes resumed flying six months after losing her left leg in a plane crash?
... that German colonists were unable to win a war that they started with an unprovoked massacre?
... that Helmut Lachenmann's composition ... zwei Gefühle ... was based on a text about fear and desire by Leonardo da Vinci?
... that a cartel was formed to purchase papyri for the Berlin Papyrus Collection?
... that Lale Andersen, who was popular on both sides of World War II for her version of "Lili Marleen", represented Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1961?