Oom-pah, oom-pah… That sound can mean only one thing (at least that isn"t chocolate factory-related). It"s Oktoberfest season! Don"t start the party too fast, though: You might want to ride the Wellenflug swing carousel seen in today"s photo before you get too much of that distinctly German beer in your belly. And it is distinct: Due to strict Reinheitsgebot ("purity orders") regulations in place since 1516, real German beer can only be made with certain ingredients—originally just barley, hops, and water, though other additions have trickled in over time.
Oktoberfest
Today in History
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Vineyards in the Mosel Valley, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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New York City Marathon
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Male hooded merganser, Oregon
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Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch on the institution s 175th anniversary
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Pont Rouge
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Summer Olympics begin in Paris
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World Theater Day
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Golling Waterfall, Salzburg, Austria
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Hey neighbor, it s World Space Week!
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Native American Heritage Day
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee
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Florentine garden brings generations together
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Storm rolls over the grasslands
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Float on
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Happy Halloween!
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Oud-West, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act anniversary
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Observing a squirrelly day
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Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah
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Red lechwe, Okavango Delta, Botswana
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A wetland in Västmanland, Sweden
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Castle Stalker, Argyll, Scotland
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Porthcawl Lighthouse, Wales, UK
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World Philosophy Day
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