Did you know Albert Einstein earned pocket money as a teenager fitting light bulbs to a Munich Oktoberfest tent?

That a special dictionary is published to decipher what happens to the already difficult Bavarian dialect after Oktoberfest beer has been added, or a woman�s marital status can be gauged by what she is wearing to the festival?

There are some Oktoberfest fast, and not so fast, facts in the latest German Culture article.


Oktoberfest in Munich, 15 Fast Facts


Francine A. McKenna - German Culture Editor

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