That BS was propaganda by the monk Salimbene of Parma against Frederick II due to Frederick's almost permanent conflict with the popes. There is not a shred of evidence supporting that Friedrich II (often confused with Friedrich II. of Prussia) ever conducted such an experiment. There are tales of Pharao Psamtik who supposedly is the origin this myth.

One of these things is not like the other. It's only called Victorian Era in the English speaking parts of the world.

... or Freud developed that theory during a time when it was normal for middle class children to be raised by nannies. Unlike today, children back then were not raised by their parents and therefore had difficulties forming an incest barrier which comes natural to children growing up in normal families today.

I can't remember which Discworld novel it is but in one of them is a paragraph about this. There, Terry Pratchett speculates that a lot of mountain names probably just mean "that's a mountain, you idiot" in the local language.

Is that supposed to be a threat or a promise?

"Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, ash nazg thrakatulûk, agh burzum-ishi krimpatul"
But seriously, congratulations!

Although I never had the displeasure of flying with Lufthansa, I think this is plausible. Being a German myself, I can confirm that this is a correct and fair representation of our idea of customer service. Customers are not kings where I live. They are petitioners and are to be treated as such. Just one more reason for the rest of the world to love us.

In German it is also "Hai" for shark and it sounds exactly like the English "hi". Which, when used as a greeting in Germany, can provoke the other person to pretend being unable to understand English and ask 'Wo' in mock panic. "Wo" is German for where. It's probaply the oldest joke about English-German homophones.

Oh, Danny boy

For the sake of the joke and because I loathe both kinds of bird, I'll ignore the fact that this goose is a swan.

Turn down for what in my ass

Although knowing that this is not the point, I feel the need to clarify that no, it's not normal where I live.

In the name of gender equality: Florida Woman Crashes Car While Shaving Bikini Area.

Nope, we usually just react poorly when believers shove their faith in our faces and then our reaction gets interpreted as disrespect. We aren't rare; historically, tended to be well done after meeting theists.