Amazing germany 😱

Germany is the most populous European country (apart from Russia), with a population of 82 million.

Germany's land area was over 50% larger during the Second Reich (1871-1918) and included most of present-day Poland and parts of Lithuania.

German people are the second biggest consumers of beer in the world (after the Czechs), with an average of 107 litres per person per year in 2010 (or 0.30 l per day).

The German language was once the lingua franca of central, eastern and northern Europe, and remains the language with the most native speakers in Europe.

15 million people in Germany are of non-German descent (first and second generation), i.e. 18.5% of the population. About half of them are foreign residents, not German citizens.

About a quarter of all American citizens claim at least partial German ancestry.

As of 2012, German athletes have won a total out f 1662 Olympic medals (summer and winter combined from 1896 to 2012), i.e. more than any other country in the world except the 

There are 1,300 beer breweries in Germany, making some 5,000 kinds of beer. German people are the world's second biggest beer drinkers after the Czechs.

Germany was the first country in the world to adopt Daylight saving time (DST, a.k.a. summer time) in 1916, in the midst of WWI.