Most people can see the obvious fact that there were numerous factors that combined to the Berlin Wall's fall. Still some try to find The One reason. Here are some that have been named such. picked by 2manyusernames 2 weeks ago

Thousands are gathering at checkpoints after Politburo member Schabowski announced the permission of private travel at a news conference. picked by suckersklub 2 weeks ago

On the evening of November 9, 1989, I was watching TV.

The Berlin Wall was coming down, and I was flabbergasted. picked by suebe 6 months ago

British and Iranian archaeologists have discovered the ruins of a 200 kilometre-long wall, the second longest wall in Asia after the Great Wall of China, in northern Iran. picked by misswinkle 2 years ago

Reagan deliberately confronted criminal regimes with what they fear most: the publicly spoken truth about their moral weakness. All the experts tried to get Reagan to drop those 4 famous words from his June 12, 1987, Berlin speech. picked by 2manyusernames 2 weeks ago

Two white lionesses gave birth simultaneously to seven fluffy, white cubs at the Schloss-Holte Stukenbrock Zoo in Germany. More photos here. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A group in Dessau, Germany, will start building a new "Great Pyramid," which is estimated to take about 30 years to complete, be about 1,900 feet tall and 10 times larger than the Great Pyramid of Egypt. It will offer burial space in the form of a "tomb container with ashes of the deceased" and engraved "memorial stones" with time capsules to store personal memorabi... read full post picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Carol Thatcher, daughter of former Prime Minister Thatcher, has been dropped from her TV job for remarks about tennis player Jo-Wilfried Tsonga that involved the word Golliwog picked by pocksucket 10 months ago

This Japanese climbing wall uses picture frames, conventional holds, mirrors, and a deer’s head as climbing holds. picked by gnikgnok 3 years ago

East Germany shredded millions of top-secret documents when the Berlin Wall came down. They were unable to burn them in time and the West took control of some 600 million pieces of shredded paper in 16,000 bags. The $8.5 million dollar E-Puzzler can put them together again! picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

"But I couldn't believe it when I cleaned it up a bit and saw this image of Margaret Thatcher glaring up at at me."

(I call BS) picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

Berlin's Admiralspalast theater will break new ground in May by staging the first production in Germany of the Mel Brooks musical "The Producers." Some, though, say Germany isn't ready for tap-dancing stormtroopers and a camp Hitler singing "Heil Myself." picked by bingo 8 months ago

One in seven Germans want the Berlin Wall back because they were better off when the country was divided.

How very German of them. picked by proverb 2 months ago