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Animal Strategies Against the Cold
It's obvious how we human beings protect ourselves against the cold: by putting on warm winter clothes, turning up the heating, and lots of exercise.
But what do animals do? We went to Frankfurt Zoo to find out.
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A day at the ski lift
Portrait: Francis Kéré
Love and Celibacy
Germany Firsthand - Steps to Success: Part 2
Flashback: The Launch of the ARD TV Lottery
At its launch in 1956 the lottery was about giving children in West Berlin the chance of a holiday. After the war ended, the city became an enclave inside of communist East Germany. The original prizes the lottery offered back then were a Mercedes 180 for the top winner, a Messerschmitt bubble-car, an NSU Lambretta, or, as a special prize, a 14-day trip to the island of Elba including a full set of diving equipment. It was a huge success from the very beginning and 55,000 children benefited from revenues of the first prize draws. To this day a total of 1.3 billion Euro have gone to about 5 600 different social organizations supporting children, the disabled and the elderly.












