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This grove of 400 pines was planted around 1930. To this day, it is unknown what exact methods were utilized to give each tree its distinctive shape.

When covered with snow, the statue's large cape and rounded head are evocative of the Star Wars antagonist's design.

Chodakowska is famed around the world for her water sculptures.

The village was originally repainted annually after the Feast of Corpus Christi, when the inhabitants weren't as busy with their farm work.

Curiously enough, the Polish and Indonesian national flags are also reversed versions of each other.

A retired sailor who worked at Wiebusch's Tavern in Chester IL, Fiegel would hold his pipe in the corner of his mouth whenever he was in the presence of children and proceed to tell stories of antics from his youth, loudly claiming that spinach was the source of his great physical strength.

This combination of factors led to Poland having the lowest plague mortality rate in Europe.

In 2017, a cow escaped from a nearby Polish farm and was later spotted living with a herd of wild bison.

The forest is a UNESCO World Heritage Site as well as an EU Natura 2000 Special Area of Conservation.

The crowd supporting Soviet jumper Konstantin Volkov tried to disrupt Kozakiewicz’s performance by opening the doors to the stadium so that wind conditions would disturb his jumps.

Located at the foot of the Tatra Mountains, the town is nicknamed “the winter capital of Poland."

In the sixteenth century, Scottish merchants began to settle in the region due to King Stefan Batory granting them special privileges.

Kędziora is famed for stringing his figures into athletic poses that defy gravity, resulting in a true blend of classical sculpture and kinetic art.

The beauty of Incognito lies not only in the effectiveness of its function, having successfully subverted Facebook’s “DeepFace” algorithms in the past, but also in the idea that one can be recognized in face-to-face human interactions while simultaneously retaining AI anonymity.

Although no concrete answer was ever confirmed, it is widely believed that a local pastor was responsible for the installation of the antennas.

Containing around 6,000 inhabitants, the settlement is built entirely around a singular 9km road.

Tupolevism has re-emerged several times in the past decade, such as when a tire blew in a car carrying the president in 2016 (with investigators later finding that three of the tires were unusable at the time of the crash) and when the Mayor of Gdańsk was murdered in 2019 by an assassin who smuggled a knife into a mass gathering and gloated for nearly a full minute on the stage before finally being restrained by a technical worker.

The castle was originally built by the Teutonic Order and served as one of their primary fortifications in the region.

The historic palace and garden complex have long since been restored and now perform various cultural functions.

These Polish defectors were referred to as "Lepologne" in Creole and were granted the honorary status of fellow Noires (‘Blacks’) by native Haitians.

The city is also home to two landmark churches listed as Historic Monuments of Poland.

Dubbed “The Black Knight” due to his jet black hair and custom black armor, Zawisza engaged in countless tournaments across the continent prior to his untimely demise, winning a competition in Buda that 1,500 other knights participated in and defeating John II of Aragon (widely regarded as the best knight in Europe at that time) at a duel in Perpignan in 1416.

The populations of adjacent regions within Germany and Czechia also have very similar legends about a mountain spirit who reigns beneath the surface.

The archosaur is believed to have attacked larger prey by standing up on its hind legs.

The interior of the house is decorated with furnishings from the 1970’s and features an old TV blaring vintage propaganda.

Although the central Polish link in this defensive chain was eventually broken via the eighteenth-century partitions, the policy would serve as a precursor to the Little Entente and Franco-Polish alliance of the Interwar Period.

Because the first stirrings of Solidarity had by now appeared in the Gdańsk shipyard, Chojnowska-Liskiewicz was shunned by society upon her return and informed by the shipworkers’ union that she was not welcome back at her former job due to her feat having been sponsored by the Communist authorities of Poland.

Originally having stemmed from early Slavic rites that were common throughout the region, this informal holiday eventually adopted a Christian character and became a means for farmers to thank their reapers and families for their work.

There is still a Polish community in the neighborhood with its own church and cemetery.

Although various internet sources point to the term "Dziewięćsetdziewięćdziesięciodziewięcionarodowościowego" as being the longest, this expression denotes a combination of numbers and is not a true word in the proper sense.

While the sand was deposited by a retreating glacier about 2.5 million years ago, the desert itself is man-made and dates back to the felling of trees in the area during the medieval era (although some say it was in fact the work of the Devil, who supposedly wished to bury the nearby Olkusz silver mine).

DNA testing later revealed that Manahan was almost certainly Franziska Schanzkowska, a Polish villager who had gone missing from her family during World War I.

Along with the adjacent mainland, the island served as the home of the Wolinians (an early Slavic tribe) prior to their incorporation into the twelfth-century Polish kingdom. Due to the discovery of medieval Norse ruins and artifacts like the Curmsun Disc, it is also widely believed to have been the site of the legendary Viking stronghold of Jomsborg.

The constellation was named in honor of King Jan III Sobieski’s recent victory against the Ottomans at the Siege of Vienna.

The building is part of the Rezydent shopping center.

Because Elizabeth harbored a disliking for Poles after the incident in question, Shakespeare bestowed the name of Polonius (Latin for “Polish”) on a particularly-repugnant character in his work in order to please the queen.

Dating back to the early medieval era, the locals have excavated clay from the surrounding area to create all manners of pottery, leading to the city itself being nicknamed the 'Town of Ceramics.'

Formism would later serve as an inspiration for Leon Chwistek in the development of his own art movement, known as Strephism.

Today, Panna Maria is famous for being the home of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church as well as the Texas Silesian dialect, which has been continuously spoken in the area across several generations.

These tombs were constructed before Stonehenge or the Egyptian pyramids.