The high jump has been an Olympic discipline since 1896 for men and since 1928 for women. In this clip, the predominant jumping technique, the Fosbury flop, is explained and demonstrated step-by-step. Copyright: Deutsche Presse Agentur [The German Press Agency]

BMX riders are the cool rebels who do their awesome bike tricks on the back streets, right? Not quite: BMX has now hit the big time and made it to the Olympic Games.
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It is the latest hype on the internet: traffic planning in Schwäbisch Gmünd. A Facebook group has called out in grand style to find a name for the new city tunnel. Tens of thousands have voted for the "Bud Spencer Tunnel", named after the Spaghetti-Western film star!
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The film Valkyrie was released in 2008 and stars Tom Cruise. Titled Operation Walküre: Das Stauffenberg-Attentat in German, it tells the story of the assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler.

This clip was created under the auspices of the pilot project "Weil wir es wert sind!" ("Because we're worth it!") of the Rain Forest Foundation OroVerde! Its purpose is to create awareness of the relationship between the rain forest, CO₂ emissions, and climate change!

Bookshop owner Oskar isn't exactly happy when his brother suddenly appears. He is as skeptical of his brother's intentions as actress Yvonne Klosterfeld is of the notion of true love.

"28 divided by 7" may seem like an easy arithmetic problem. But in Otto Waalke's sketch, Mr Redlich is confronted with unsolvable difficulties when he tries to explain this to his son.

German comedian Otto Waalkes gives a hilarious live performance of the flag semaphore versions of a number of German town names.

Otto reveals his true feelings about performing in Kempten with the help of a lie detector.

Dressed as the schlager star Heino, Otto does a parody of Heino's cover version of the song "Junge," originally by the German punk band Die Ärzte.

Friederike und her French boyfriend Mehdi are having some relationship issues. After a therapy session, Friederike suggests an unconventional solution to his infidelity.

Jana and Mirko's issues are revealed on one disastrous evening in which Jana goes out with a friend and Mirko stays home with his jealousy.

The latest patient seems to abide by an extremely stereotypical version of masculinity. What does his partner think of it?

Melika is unable to accept that there could be problems in his relationship, leading Dominique to an extreme reaction.

Katja and David both got a false impression when they first met, and are having some problems working out the difference in their ages as well. Suddenly, Katja thinks she may have found a solution...