If there was a source for modern intriguing widgets and discoveries it was surely located in Germany. Many German inventors contributed to the nation’s fame as a cradle of inventions and technologies. Not only classy cars, trendy kitchen appliances or rockets but every day articles such as tea bags, toothpaste or coffee filters originated in the country.

Today’s everyday and mundane items cover such diverse areas as the Bobby Car, coffee filters, office storage files, MP3 format, sneakers, tea bags, the pill and even toothpaste.