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Pyramid Twice Taller The Empire State Building To Rise In Eastern Germany As Global Mausoleum

Egypt's famed pyramids will have a European version soon in Germany's Saxony-Anhalt region as the country plans to build the large pyramid to serve as a global mausoleum.

The planned structure will be located at vast fields in eastern Germany, particularly in the city of Dessau. It will have a height twice the Empire State Building in New York, where each stone will have an urn. Reservations could be made online. If reservations lag the pyramid's height could be reduced.

Pyramid Twice The Height Of The Empire State Building To Rise In Germany As Global Mausoleum

Egypt's famed pyramids will have a European version soon in Germany's Saxony-Anhalt region as the country plans to build the large pyramid to serve as a global mausoleum.

The planned structure will be located at vast fields in eastern Germany, particularly in the city of Dessau. It will have a height twice the Empire State Building in New York, where each stone will have an urn. Reservations could be made online. If there will be low reservations, the pyramid's height could be reduced.

German Group Claims Biggest Puzzle Record

A group of some 15,00 people from the town of Ravensburg in Germany are claiming their place in the Guinness Book of World Records, after assembling what they described as the world's biggest jigsaw puzzle.

The effort was organized by Europe's biggest puzzle maker Ravensburg AG, which put together 1,141,800 pieces of jigsaw in five hours on Monday to form a nearly 6,500-square foot puzzle.

What You Smell Before Going To Sleep Could Affect Dreams

German researchers have found that smelling good stuff like flowers and fragrance gives you pleasant emotions in your dreams.

Researchers from the Central Institute of Mental Health in Mannheim, Germany analyzed the sleep of 15 female volunteers for 30 nights. The scientists exposed them to high doses of smelly air for 10 seconds before rousing them out of sleep one minute later.

German Daily Tags KfW "Dumbest Bank In Germany" Over $503 Million Investment As Lehman Filed For Bankruptcy

As Lehman Brothers was breathing its last gasp of air, two managers of state-owned KfW Development Bank plunked $503 million into the ailing company. This costly mistake led to their suspension Thursday.

Germany's Economy Minister Peter Glos and Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck identified the bungling KfW management board members as Peter Fleischer and Detlef Leinberger. They will be suspended indefinitely until the incident is cleared.