20 Fun Facts About Poland

[joemanf]

21. Poland was conqored in a day by Hitler.

90% have secondary education? That's more people then America.

Hahahahaha... 21...

[pialpha]

Polish Weather Machine:

Put a block down on the ground then:

If block is wet, rain
If block is dry, sun
If block is gone, tornado

[Humility]

Ugh, thats every non-urban weather machine in the world.

[JPA32]

Ugh, thats every non-urban weather machine in the world.

Poland invented it.

[Skirata]

Polish Weather Machine:

Put a block down on the ground then:

If block is wet, rain
If block is dry, sun
If block is gone, tornado

That is not funny.

[Wildor]

Careful with the direction this takes folks.

Back on topic, Poland was the birthplace of the Prince of the Romantics himself, Frederic Chopin. What a superb artist he was!

[Boleslav]

2. The most popular name for a dog in Poland is Burek which translates to: ?brownish-grey color?.

I would have guessed that burek = pepper, but I'm working with a slightly different branch of Slavic language here.

3. In Poland the name day is considered more important than the birthday.

Yup. That's true of most Central European Slavic cultures. In lots of world cultures the birthday just isn't that big a deal. Remembering significant family members' "deathdays" is important in some Southern Slavic cultures.

8. Polish born astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus

His nationality is contentious.

This was fun Skirata - I hope you are going to do more of these!

[Humility]

So, what if your parents don't remember the day they decided on a name?

[Boleslav]

So, what if your parents don't remember the day they decided on a name?

Every day of the year has the name of a saint assigned to it. You celebrate your name day on the day associated with the saint who has the same name as you. It's right there on the calendar.

[Axer NZ]

Polish Weather Machine:

Put a block down on the ground then:

If block is wet, rain
If block is dry, sun
If block is gone, tornado

Other functions:

If block is white; snow.
If block is rolling; wind.
If block is shaking; earthquake.
If block is dark; night.
If block is gone; Russians.