Yes, it happens a lot. Maybe it is to generate more profit, but I also know, that books translated in German need 15-20% more space and pages than in English for example. The first book of "A Song of Ice and Fire" would have more than thousand pages in a paperback, so I understand, why they split each book in two parts.

I was hoping for a time machine or something... :<

The first thing that came into my mind was an incident that happened a few years back.

And friend and I walked down a quite street that had many apartment buildings. Suddenly in one building, just at the entrance, there was a weird fight happening. One man stole the luggage from another man. They did not yell at each other, they did not hurt each other. They were only fighting for that black luggage. As soon as the thief was successful, he fled with the suitcase into a car and drove away. We asked the other man if he needs our help as witnesses and if we should call the police. But he kept weirdly calm about it. He said he knows the thief.

I still wonder, what was in that suitcase and how this weird situation played out from the beginning.

Dazu möchte ich noch mal diesen nützlichen Link dalassen, den ich hier mal gefunden habe.

Massive Talent - I loved it!

Was hätte man denn von der "Klimapanik"? Also, was glauben denn die Skeptiker des Klimawandels, was man damit bewirken möchte? Ich verstehe nicht, wie man da eine Verschwörung sehen kann.

It makes me sad to see what happens on Reddit, but actions like this keep my hopes up. Not for Reddit itself, but for the community and its people, wherever it will be. :)

Ja! Ich schätze es sehr, in Europa zu sein, ich liebe die Unterschiede ebenso wie die Gemeinsamkeiten. Und trotz einiger Schwierigkeiten gefällt es mir auch, Teil der EU zu sein.

A great history lesson! :D

To add something to your wonderful story: In Germany many toilets had (maybe still have?) a poop shelf, for similar reasons, as far as I know. I haven't seen them in ages, but I remember them when I was little.

I found this in a small town in Germany, it was the public toilet of an event location, I think it was an old building. When the owner saw my irritated face he said: "Yeah, I know, we need to do something about this..."

People are so creative in this game, and then there is me, falling off my car-thingy, because I attached one wheel towards the wrong direction... Still it is so much fun! :)

I don't know if this counts, but I do remember one teacher in the second grade told me, the way I write the number 4 would be wrong. I wrote it with the triangle, a closed tip, just as you see in most fonts. My teacher was unhappy about it and told me the tip of the 4 should be open. She forced me to write a whole sheet of paper at home with 4's just the way she writes it. I cried, it was unfair, and asked for support from my mother, but she shrugged and said: "If you teacher wants this, do it."

I am still mad about this nonsense. Today I use to write my 4 just with the tip closed, stupid teacher.