When a friend of mine asked for another round of peppermint schnapps after both of us had three too many shots, his slurred words resulted in asking for pepperoni schnapps instead, leading to a lasting joke ever since. The idea of a meat-flavored schnapps seemed like the worst possible combination, but my …
Sausage Fight Breaks Out At Mercedes Meeting
Daimler, the parent company for Mercedes, was set to make headlines when they announced the highest ever dividend in company history during their annual shareholders meeting, but little did they know that a fight over the sausage served at the event would be the story that grabbed all the attention. A …
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When Werner Gropp confronted his friend Markus Hinterberger, a 27-year-old butcher from Bavaria, to make his sausage invention a reality, the idea was seen as somewhat crazy. Gropp had just returned from a trip to Japan and discovered a green tea powder called Matcha that he quickly discovered a love for and wondered what would …
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