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...that Poland is comprised of 16 voivodeships?
...that a revolutionary semiconductor called the blue laser was constructed by a group of scientists from the Polish Academy of Sciences in 2001?
...that there is a Winnie the Pooh Street (Polish Ulica Kubusia Puchatka) in Warsaw due to the character's popularity?
...that Polish mathematicians and cryptologists broke the Enigma cipher?
...that the first extra-solar planetary system was discovered by a Polish astronomer Aleksander Wolszczan?
...that the Polish astronomer Mikołaj Kopernik discovered that the Earth revolves around the Sun?

...that there is an Obi-Wan Kenobi Street in the village of Grabowiec, Poland?
...that after the fall of the November Uprising, Polish women who emigrated to France used to wear black ribands and jewellery as a symbol of mourning for their lost homeland?
...that one-fourth of the world's white storks make their home in Poland, where they are believed to bring good fortune to any farm on whose property they nest?

...that the common word for "hi" and "bye" in Poland is "cześć", which actually means "honor"?
...that Poland's largest distribution daily newspaper, the Gazeta Wyborcza (Election Gazette), got its name because it was originally set up to campaign for Solidarity candidates in the 1989 elections?
...that the Black Madonna of Częstochowa according to a legend was painted by St. Luke the Evangelist on the table-top of the Holy Family in Nazareth?