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1 HELLO! We are from Poland 

2 Basic information Capital: Warsaw
Surface: km2 (68th in the world) Population: (34th; 96,7% Poles) Political system: parlimentary democracy Neighbors: German, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Russia Main religion: roman Catholicism, 89% Poles Member of: EU (since 2004), NATO, WTO, OECD, UN and other

3 We want to show you some intresting and funny facts about our country

4 The name „Poland” originates from the tribe „Polanie” which means „people living in open fields”

5 Polish alphabet consists of 32 letters (English of 26)

6 Polish constitution was first in Europe and second in the world

7 Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus was the first person to propose that the Earth was not the center of the Universe

8 Polish astronomer, Jan Heweliusz published the earliest exact maps of the Moon
He invented periskop

9 Fryderyk Chopin was o Polish composer
Chopin's works have been recorded by all the great pianists of the recording era.

10 Windshield wipers were invented by Józef Hofmann

11 Poland boats 17 Nobel prize winners.

12 Maria Skłodowska-Curie is one of the Nobel laureates
She invented and

13 Nearly 35% of the 60 million Poles live abroad

14 When foreign movies are dubbed for Polish TV, one man reads all the parts, even those of women and children. Viewers hear the original English soundtrack faintly in the background.

15 Watching Home Alone is a Christmas tradition

16 Poland is world’s biggest amber exporter

17 Max Factor was founded by Pole Maksymilian Faktorowicz

18 The 1st floor is regarded as floor „0”, so you press „1” when you want to go to the 2nd floor in the elevator

19 Typical Polish conversation:
What’s upp? Better don’t ask/ As always/ It could be better

20 We are proud of Robert Lewandowski

21 Although our language is rich in epithets, in some situations we aren’t generous

22 We have good monitoring

23 We know a lot about fashion and trends

24 We eat pizza with ketchup

25 We are also proud of San Escobar

26 More about San Escobar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Escobar
ry/

27 But seriously…Poland is beatiful See for yourself
VpI


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