Do you love Poland,
Polish culture? Do you know about their complicated hardened Slavic language?
Do you love the Poles? Poland forward Robert Lewandowski perhaps?
If you know little to
nothing about Poland, here's where you'll learn the most extraordinary things
about the country. Enjoy the read!
1. Poland has
the world's largest castle (by land area) - Malbork Castle - which features
among its 16 UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
2. Mariusz Pudzianowski (a Pole) holds the record for the most
"World's Strongest Man" wins. He won the title in 2002, 2003, 2005,
2007 and 2009.
3. The Polish
language is one of the world's most complicated languages. The Polish language
is so complicated that even Poles face challenges speaking and writing it with
complete accuracy. A word as simple as "Hello" looks so intimidating in Polish: cześć.
4. Poland
boasts 17 Nobel Prize winners, four being Nobel Peace Prize winners.
A
meeting of two Polish Nobel Prize winners Lech Walesa and Czeslaw Milosz in
Gdansk Poland
5. Polish
constitution was the first in Europe and the second in the world.
6. Poland is
the world's biggest exporter of amber.
7. Central
Europe's second oldest university - Jagiellonian University - is found in
Poland. The university was founded by King Casemir III the Great in 1364.
8. Poles are
behind many revolutionary inventions such as: movie projector/aeroscope, bulletproof
vest, walkie-talkie, paraffin lamp, mine detector, bagel, binomial voting,
kerosene, Vodka, and Zygalski sheets.
9. Poles
marry the youngest among all countries in the European Union.
A
Polish wedding in 1930
10. Poland
has a near 100% literacy rate (more than 99%), with at least 90% of Poles
having completed secondary school.
Below are
some general facts about Poland, including total population, currency, official
language, and other interesting and useful facts.
·
Official
name: the Republic of Poland (Polish: Rzeczpospolita Polska)
·
Capital
and largest city: Warsaw
·
Official
language: Polish
·
Demonym:
Pole, Polish
·
Official
website: Poland.pl
·
Currency:
Polish Zloty (PLN)
·
Government:
Unitary semi-presidential republic
·
President: Andrzej
Duda
·
Prime
Minister: Mateusz Morawiecki
·
Total
population: 38,433,600 (December 31 estimate)
·
National
day: November 11
·
Human
Development Index (HDI): 0.865 - very high/33rd highest in the world
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