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#Poland #Info

[GeographyNow]

Noah insisted. I mean Halloween WAS just Enjoy FAN FRIDAY!

[maciejmanna]

Some corrections to corrections:
- dwarfs are in Wrocław, not Warsaw
- some Lithuanian guy marrying some Polish gal (in 1386) was just the beginning of a personal union between two countries, PLC - as a politically unified entity - was formed almost 2 centuries later (Union of Lublin, 1569).


Important thing to mention about coat of arms is that the white eagle has a crown, which was restored after the fall of communism, since during the Polish People's Republic (a.k.a. communist puppet of SU) there was no crown - it is an important symbol of freedom from outside control and oppression, which - as You mentioned in the main episode - is very important for Polish people (for obvious historical reasons),

[tylerthelen]

The blue in Poland's flag stands for loyal allies.

[mati-poej]

0:34 Jadwiga was actaully a King of Poland btw. not queen Just wanted to point it out

[neemapaxima]

4:04
Poland is still called Lechistan (or Lehestan) in Iran !

[stefano_etrusco]

It is interesting how in Polish national anthem there is a reference to Italy and in the extended version of Italian anthem thare is a reference to Poland.

[rubehtg]

Also: The place where Lech is said to have found the white eagle is called "Gniezno" (Comes from word "Gniazdo" -> "Nest", you know, the eagle nest...) and it became the first Polish capital city.

[nemeczek]

1:46 This still is from "Miś", a communist-era comedy. In real milk bars plates are not screwed down to the tables. Nor are utensils chained to them.

[apolloncz]

*1919*
*Poland* 🇵🇱
*Czechoslovakia* 🇵🇱
PL: "Pls change your flag a bit."
CS: "Ok."
🇨🇿

[therealdave]

Fun fact:
Nest in Polish is "gniazdo" and the first capital of Poland: Gniezno is named after nest because that's where the legend of the white eagle was set

[patriot]

My Irańczycy kochamy Was Polacy! Wielu Polaków przyjechało do naszego kraju w przeszłości i nadal tu mieszkało. Jeden z moich najlepszych przyjaciół pochodzi z Polski.Niech żyje Polska z Iranu ❤

[kennycai]

Since we were on sharing stuff about the Polish: we know Poland actively resisted the Nazis since day one, but little is mentioned about Poland's role in the Battle of Britain, one of the first major air battles of human history. Although many nations contributed pilots, the Polish got singled out by then Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding for their gallantry. That shows you how much of a difference maker the Polish fighter pilots were in a pivotal battle during World War Two.

[szymonokrasa]

One more thing about Poland episode: Kopernik (Copernicus) was not "technically German", his father was a wealthy merchant from Cracow of Polish nationality, however he grew up in german languaged nobility living in Toruń, because of bis german mother. He spoke latin, german and polish with equal fluency and he supported Poland during conflict with germanic Teutonic Order.

[NSalonen]

Ireland is the awesomest but Poland is awesomester!


Greetings from Finland

[xingxangxung]

Colors of Polish flag mean:
white - purity, independence and peace
red - blood, struggle and fight
blue - the number of loyal Polish allies

- Wait, wait but where is the blue?
- Yeah, exactly.

[Nostalgia_OST]

1:27, these statues are actually in Wrocław not in Warsaw. The dwarf was a symbol of the orange revolution which was an anti communism organisation in Poland and they used to spray paint dwarves over communist propaganda so the dwarves represent that

[karzoadams]

1:28 Dwarves are symbol of orange alternative - organisation against communism. And you can find them in Wrocław 😉

[firedoom]

I am honored that Thor himself read my postcard from Norway. Geography Now's video game us some ideas on places to visit while we were planning out trip, the biggest one was visiting Flåm which was absolutely beautiful, and it was awesome to visit the Ægir brewery there. I hope to visit Norway again in the future!

[garciamx]

I'm a simple man: I see Poland, I click "like".

[Luigia_official]

Yeah, my Liechtenstein-Postcard is in the video.