Culture Buzz A Hamburg street artist is adding a Photoshop toolbar to the ubiquitous new H&M outdoor swimwear ads. Nice work (six images).
Culture Buzz New spot for BMW's Lane Departure Warning System, starring a male driver's disembodied head. Brief nude beach shot.
Animals Buzz Does it not? And it's wearing a little gibbon sweater. Jesus. And its little gibbon name is Knuppy. Double Jesus.
Culture Buzz Nice copy combo: offensive and stupid.
Culture Buzz He's adorable, right? Well, uh…he was adorable. WARNING: Don't scroll past the second photo if you don't want to sob and/or laugh in horror. This has a very, very unhappy ending. Just stop at the second photo and live in blissful ignorance.
Politics Buzz A CNN affiliate in Deustchland is trying to sell its smartphone app.
Culture Buzz Awkwardly adorable. Germany is practically overflowing with baby zoo animals.
Culture Buzz If Facebook hasn't taken over your life entirely, here's the ultimate way to completely immerse yourself into social media. The FB Bureau (yes, that exists) is performing a test trial with Facebook personal identification cards. Basically it's a way for people to be able to do an internet background check with just a simple scan. The internet will soon own all of us. (via fbbureau.com)
Culture Buzz Have a happy and unnerving Presidents Day! Here are a bunch of papier-mache Obamas from all over the world.
Music Buzz Based on the band's classic logo and brought to you by men's room mostly modeled in western Europe. (via latimesblogs.latimes.com)
Culture Buzz Because you deserve it. This is a 7-month-old baby koala that just climbed out of her mother's pouch in Germany. Ich bin ein bearliner! (Traurig.)
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When a strange man dressed as Santa surreptitiously offers you a shot of liquor, who are you to say no? Seriously, teen girls are most gullible animals in the world.
Watch Lutz Eicholz as he performs an unbelievable unicycle stunt, breaking a world record in the process.
Great idea. Wonderful. Who could possibly be offended by this? German comedian Martin Sonneborn posted this as part of his satirical political campaign, saying he wanted to parody the hype surrounding President Obama. He claims he had no idea this would be offensive to Americans (not to mention rational human being the world over). How do you say in German? Ah, yes…das racist. (via hypervocal.com)
Culture Buzz The darkness of my soul yearns to be expressed through choreographed dance. Also, Madonna and the Macarena.
Culture Buzz These formerly top secret and currently hilarious photos show East German agents of the Stasi, the notorious communist spy agency, trying on various disguises during the height of the Cold War. These clever disguises could enable an agent to slip unnoticed through 1970's Berlin. Or 2010's Brooklyn. They were into pretending to be someone they're not before it was cool. (via photoblog.msnbc.msn.com)
Sports Buzz The mighty Abby Wambach scored her third goal in five days, and the U.S.A. defeated France 3-1 in today's Women's World Cup semifinal. The United States will face Japan on Sunday in the Championship Match of 2011 Women's World Cup.
Pyeongchang, the third largest city in South Korea, was just awarded the 2018 Winter Olympics over Munich, Germany and Annecy, France.This is South Korea's first Olympic Games since Seoul 1988.
Food Buzz A whole smorgasbord of menu items available at McDonald's restaurants abroad that we in the United States can only salivate over from afar. Those creeps at McDonald's International are holding out on us.
Opa, doner, poodles, bread, repeat. There are so many things to do when you are visiting Germany, but this guy just needs to dance.
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The final moments of Knut, beloved polar bear of the Berlin Zoo, caught on video. The cause of his death is still unknown. WARNING: This is very sad and difficult to watch.
Movie Buzz A long time ago in countries far, far away, these Star Wars movie posters were hung. Apparently West Africa is a big fan of the television movie, “Ewoks: The Battle for Endor.”
A photo from 1955 of Princess Yvonne and Prince Alexander of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn in Germany. It's like a Teutonic, black and white, post-war, pre-pubescent “Skins.” But, y'know, better in every conceivable way.
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Eggs and meat are now verboten.
Culture Buzz An ivory cross that converts into a pistol and dagger, smuggled out of Germany during WWII. It's currently up for auction and is perfect for all your Twilight-related spree killing needs.
A woman in Germany gave birth in an MRI scanner, providing a never-before-seen glimpse at the birthing process. Jezebel made a video of the photos with some weird ambient music. Since that baby was bombarded with magnetic radiation, hopefully it was born with neat superpowers.
Culture Buzz A German video game in which you box AIDS by waggling your penis in front of a webcam. It requires a special e-condom that can be recognized by the game. Chatroulette must be cranking out Cock Out champions by the thousands. Below is a slightly NSFW video of dudes “playing.”
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Green roofs sprout toward the horizon in Stuttgart, Germany, where since 1989 municipal regulations have required all new, flat-roof buildings to have them.