"The G in “G-Spot” stands for Gräfenberg, a German-born doctor who studied female sexual physiology."
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"Discovered by the Germans in 1904, they named it San Diego, which of course in German means a whale’s vagina."
"In 1972, five former IBM employees – Dietmar Hopp, Hans-Werner Hector, Hasso Plattner, Klaus Tschira, and Claus Wellenreuther – launch a company called Systems Applications and Products in Data Processing in Mannheim, Germany"
— SAP History: From Start-Up Software Vendor to Global Market Leader
Here’s another way to explain why the concept of cheap wages can so quickly become misleading. If you’re looking to buy a Mercedes-Benz, for instance, German labour is the cheapest in the world for that goal.
"… Germany’s automobile industry is heavily export-oriented, so a domestic demand collapse in 2010 is not that big a deal—presumably global demand will have recovered strongly by then. As it happens, German manufacturers may already be getting a sales boost from America’s version of Cash for Clunkers programme, but Japanese carmakers are the big winners. Five of the top ten models purchased under the programme are produced by Japanese companies. In all, July’s big increase in automobile sales nevertheless produced a decline in market share for American producers, for both cars and trucks."
