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  1. They didn't use coal directly, but coke. The German word "Koks" corresponds to the English word coke. Coke is refined coal, it is baked in the absence of oxygen at over 1,000° C / 1,800° F. The result is almost pure carbon, which, among other things, does not soot or smoke. The coke is then pressed into briquettes under high pressure, thus producing fuel in a very pure and compact form. The coal gas that escaped during production used to be sold as town gas via the gas pipeline network. For cost reasons, it used to be used mostly for gas lamps and stoves, as coal or coke was cheaper for heating. Through coking, even low-grade coal such as lignite could be upgraded; the energy density per kg roughly doubles through coking.
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  2. The city of Neuss is completely remodeling the Marina and all ships have to be removed from there for this purpose. The "Pulchra Nussia" can not be moved any longer and has therefore to be scraped at place. The scraping costs are est. at €125.000 and the small marina club has not the money to pay this. The ship is currently under management of the city of Neuss, if not already scrapped. The responsible harbor master is Mr. Wirtz from the town of Neuss.
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  3. My Mercedes workshop once told me: The engine normally does not suffer any damage if it is started briefly without oil. However, the turbocharger should not run without oil; it will then be damaged immediately. The turbocharger rotates at over 80,000 revolutions and kicks in at 1,500 engine revolutions. Because of the high speed, the turbocharger spindle is not ball-bearing-mounted, but rotates in an special oil film that is generated under pressure. Without this oil film, the turbo spindle hits its shaft. If the engine no longer has any power above 3,000 revolutions, the turbo (one or both) is destroyed. This is also why regular oil changes are extremely important for turbo engines. Bad oil damages the turbo first, and the Mercedes specifications for engine oil should also be strictly adhered to.
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  4. The Gepard was decommissioned in 2000 not 2010 that's a full decade difference.
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  5. There are also some non serial truck version with even more HP for extreme heavy hauling, they are usually from Mecedes.
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  6. There they were connected to the general power grid, but also had a large emergency generator (8-cylinder diesel engine with 400 hp from MAN).
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  7. Usual German form of filling the glasses: You put the glas in one and and the beer can or bottle in the other, you than turn slowly both in a 45° angle, so that the beer slowly flows into the glas. This creates less foam and also keeps the gas in the beer. The expert or bartender increases at the end the distance beween each to get the right amount of foam. 12:35 he got it.
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  8. Porsche actually claims nothing, so i guess they expect to gain better results after some modifications in a other run.
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  9. "Wetten dass" was once THE German Saturday evening prime time TV show. The show guests had to bet on a realy hardcore tasks or new world records. They had to bet on that they made it or fail. If they lost their bet, they had also to perform a odd, curious stunt. Even half of the Hollywood grandes have been guest as this show. Like Michael Jackson who also once made there a world premiere of a new song.
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  10. Ever heard of virtual machines (Type 2 hypervisors like Hyper-V, Virtual Box, or VM-Ware Player are for free) for testing a OS this would be the best way....
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  11. The triangular flags seem to be based on medieval window shutters. There were stripes and triangles, shape and color indicated who or what was in the house. Triangles were reserved for the nobility and the state. Red/white for local nobility or administration, yellow/black was reserved for imperial institutions. A Graf was directly subordinate to the emperor, so he had black/yellow shutters and coats of arms. Municipal institutions had red/white or black/white striped shutters. Ordinary people were not allowed to have a coat of arms code on their shutters. In some German regions there were also color codes for the shutters of the craftsmen and guilds. Anyone who came to a foreign town in the Middle Ages could immediately see where who/what was based on the shutters.
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