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If you’re sick of your bike tires going flat, there’s a new solution coming: 3-D printed airless bicycle tires! The BigRep company in Germany has printed the tire out of Pro FLEX in a 3-layer honeycomb design. They can adjust the design for mountain biking or road racing, as well as for different weather conditions!
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Some people might call cheese pizza plain. But the ultimate cheese lover’s pizza has 110 toppings on its mozzarella base! The world record for greatest variety of cheese on a pizza was set in Germany, when a chef at pizza.de created the masterpiece. It has 111 varieties of cheese! I think I need a slice RIGHT NOW!
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A company in Germany is making the most environmentally friendly disposable plates ever. They are made from leaves! Leaf Republic makes the waterproof plates out of leaves from Eastern Asia. They come in cool shapes like long rectangles and triangles, and they biodegrade in 4 weeks. But they only come in one color: green.
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Germany has invested a lot into clean renewable power over the last few decades. They primarily use solar and wind energy. It has been so successful that sometimes they have more power produced than they can use, meaning customers get power for free! Renewable energy makes sense, and cents!
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Ancient dog bones from an archaeological dig in Germany provided new clues about how dogs evolved from wolves. The 5000 to 7000 year-old bones held DNA that suggested dogs were domesticated 30,000 years ago and then migrated around the world. Dogs from India, Ireland and Germany all have common ancestors. Your dog’s great-great times 4000 grandpa was a wolf!
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