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Ten distinct statues perched on fountains and lined up along a thoroughfare in the Old Town, the distance between the end statues being exactly a mile.

The Bachs were held in so high regard that local rulers wouldn't hire a court musician whose last name wasn't Bach!

The similarity between German words for "mountain" and "fortress" contributed to the name of the future castle.

The pinnacle of those achievements was translating the Bible into German vernacular - a deed that gave millions access to the sacred texts, thus ending their dependence on the official Church's interpretations.

Unless steeped in Christian culture, one can hardly imagine just how revered, not to say "worshipped", the former mistress of the Wartburg castle is throughout Europe

In his case, the fire within created a scientist of humanity, not a revolutionary reformer like a certain German monk who had lived more than 300 years earlier

If there is a, so-to-say, common pool of happiness everyone can draw from and is entitled to a fair share of, providing that share is tantamount to preserving harmony in the community as a whole

Japan might be among those few who've taken it at least one step farther by finding (and, in fact, creating) uniqueness in something incorrectly perceived as trite and uninspiring

The park whose name simply means "Upper Field" is, in fact, a microcosm of Japan as a whole - everything the country is famous for or simply associated with can be found there.