Enlightening excerpts from an article on Germany

Source: http://www.germancross.com/PolArt/German%20Contributions.htm

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1) In the USA we have incessant TV commercials portraying the ubiquitous Italian 'Mama Mia', ever present with her pasta and her 'secret' sauce, not to forget her wonderful family, smiling and incessantly singing 'O sole mio'. There are innumerable Italian restaurants (with illegal Mexican cooks), all serving the same tired version of the same dish, but with their 'own'secret sauce!' The truth is, the 'secret' sauce is scooped right out of a can of Mexican tomato paste which has been improved with ketchup, an invention by German immigrant Heinz, of 'Heinz 57 Varieties' fame. Can you imagine American cooking without Heinz ketchup? Did you know that your "Hot Dog" comes from Germany? Did you know that your "Hamburger" comes from Germany? Did you know that your all-American "Apple Pie" comes from Germany? Did you know that your beer brewing industry was founded exclusively by Germans? Miller, Pabst Blue Ribbon, Strohs, Hamms, Budweiser, Henry Weinhardt's, Coors, Michelob, Lowenbrau, you name it - all German in origin. The beer brewing industry in Nicaragua is purely German, as is the one in Chile. The best Mexican beer, 'Bohemia' is German lager and the best beer in New Zealand 'Steinlager' is as German as a Porsche. interesting indeed! of course, many of us are aware of these, but it was pretty exciting to find all the information at one place. http://www.eupedia.com/forum/showthread.php?16867-Greatest-German-contributions-to-the-world Another link which includes a poll on what people consider the greatest contributions from Germany... Cars and Music lead indisputably, followed closely by philosophy, engines and beer! and for a long time, i took it for granted that one of the greatest fashion designers of all time, Karl Lagerfeld, was French... but no, he was born in Germany, and is a German national till date! Did you know that Ocar Meyer of meat-packing fame, was German? The finest meat-packing companies in South America are those from the South of Chile, purely of German origin, going back 150 years! Did you know that the greatest American car ever built, the mighty Duesenberg was designed & built by a German? Did you know that the popular sport of bowling has its origins in Germany? Did you know that the most famous piano industries worldwide are of German origin? : Steinweg, Steinway (the German Steinweg in English speaking countries), Knabe, Sohmer, Wurlitzer, Bluethner, Boesendorfer (Austrian), Bechstein, Schimmel, Schiedmeyer, Forster and the list is literally endless. Did you know that the accordeon is a German invention of 1821. It was invented by a German instrument maker as a piano-replacement which could be taken along on long voyages aboard sail-powered ships. Can anyone imagine French, Italian or Mexican folk music without an accordeon? Did you know that the automobile was invented by what later became Mercedes Benz, a German company? Did you know that we Germans are the nation who fathered Professor Ferdinand Porsche? Did you know that the X-Ray, without which modern medicine would be but a dream, was invented by Herr W. K. Roentgen, a German physicist who was a university drop-out? Did you know that the finest optical industries were (are) German? That the entire Japanese optical industry, cameras and all, are based on German patents, some of which go back 100 years? That to this day, Zeiss Ikon are the standard by which all cameras and lenses are judged? Did you know that the motorcycle is a German invention of 1885?
a lot of times we overlook the origin of many modern-day inventions. once in a blue moon, when we do a background check, its quite a delight to find so many discoveries associated with people of one country!