Reaction to 22 Interesting Facts About Poland That You Should Know

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  @beyond-border-bb · 2 years ago · pinned

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  @__MJ__ · 2 years ago (edited)

  Poland (english word) Polska (polish word).

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  @rafałzięba9982 · 2 years ago

  It's called "lector" (pol. lektor) not "dubbing" and it's a single voice that repeats everything that people say but in Polish. You can actually hear original actor voices "underneath" usually with lesser volume so you can easily identify who is speaking. It is most common in TV. About 90% of foreign films and serials are translated like this. In cinemas subtitles are the most common. Close to 100%. Cartoons are usually translated using dubbing (both TV and cinema, including movies like Shrek that is ever more hilarious than the original).

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  @adamwozniak4933 · 2 years ago

  The rebilding of the old town in Warsaw was based not only on Belloto's paintings but primarily on old architectural plans that against all odds survived WWII

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  @diablo4624 · 2 years ago

  About the dubbing,<br>In poland there&apos;s 2 types of it.<br>It&apos;s either dubbing (which basically means that every character has it&apos;s voice actor)<br>Or &quot;Lektor&quot;- 1 guy reading everything, which is layered on top of the movie, so you can hear the original actors and everything. And in cinema you always have a choice between Dubbing, Lektor or subtitles.

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  @murek33 · 2 years ago (edited)

  The mushroom from your video is actually the morel mushroom (smardz in polish). After truffles these are the most expensive mushrooms in the world :) 1 kg (2 lb) of dried morels is like 300-400$ and in fact, these can be found in Poland.

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  @artururbanski7867 · 1 year ago

  MARIA &nbsp;SKŁODOWSKA &nbsp;- CURIE

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  @anetasotys9334 · 2 years ago

  PIZZA IN POLAND HAS TOMATO SAUCE BASE!!!<br>its just Poles like extra on the side ( yes, a lot of them go for ketchup, expecially at home)

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  @WinterMute_df · 2 years ago (edited)

  Polish language has grammatical gender for verbs, nouns, and adjectives that undergo inflection. When I was leaning English I was surprised, that the language isn&apos;t gendered in any way aside from pronouns. Beautiful in sentences: &quot;I looked at a beautiful lamp&quot; and &quot;I looked at a beautiful table&quot; will change because of the gender of the lamp and the table. &quot;Looked&quot; will also change depending on the gender of the person speaking.

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  @danielpietruszkiewicz1005 · 8 months ago

  Maria Skłodowska Curie.

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  @bifa5414 · 2 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2HzFUJMabI&amp;t=110">1:50</a> There was actually a time when it was a biggest country in Europe and they had access to 3 different seas.

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  @Klau5z · 2 years ago

  Kupala Night, Polish Valentine&apos;s Day. <br> <br>Kupala Night is a night of witchcraft, magic, love, joy, light, a night associated with the summer solstice <br> <br>In the times of our Slavic ancestors, it was called Kupala Night or Sobótka and it was celebrated loudly and joyfully on the shortest night of the year, i.e. June 21/22. It was a great Slavic holiday - a holiday in honor of fire and water, the sun and the moon. Slavic customs and ceremonies associated with Kupala Night were intended to ensure health, fertility and prosperity for those celebrating. Kupala Night was a Slavic love festival. <br> <br>It was a holiday that was banned by the 14th/15th century church for its debauchery and pagan tradition. However, the customs survived because they were deeply rooted and the church had to try to assimilate. He called Saturday Midsummer Night in honor of John the Baptist, and moved the date of the holiday to the night of June 23/24. In Silesia, this extraordinary night was called Saint Jon&apos;s Night. However, people still practiced ancient rituals and customs in Poland and throughout Europe in areas inhabited by Slavic people. <br>It has been celebrated joyfully throughout Europe for centuries. It was believed that during this night, June 23-24, the future could be known, wreaths were thrown on the water and the so-called Saturday bonfires. According to beliefs, on Saturday night, spells gain enormous strength, the effects of love herbs increase, fire has great power, and water purifies. You just have to watch out for witches who were believed to be trying to destroy good spirits that night. <br>Saint&apos;s Day John the Baptist (June 24) was an important date for farmers, it helped predict the weather for the following months, and also set the date when farm work could be started, e.g. haymaking or blueberry picking. A good omen was the heavy, warm rains that appeared before June 24. They were called June or Midsummer rains. It was believed that they ensured exceptionally good plant vegetation and boded abundant harvests. On Saint&apos;s Day John&apos;s house wells were also cleaned. <br>Mysterious name <br>Kupala Night, Sobótka, Midsummer Night, Saint John&apos;s Night... All these names describe one holiday. A celebration of fire, water, sun and moon, harvest, fertility, joy and love. This is one of the oldest celebrations celebrated during the summer solstice in areas inhabited by Slavic peoples. <br>Sobótka sparklers <br>The first records of lighting bonfires on Midsummer&apos;s Eve date back to the 13th century. Saturday customs have been preserved almost unchanged throughout Poland for many centuries. For younger men, Midsummer&apos;s Eve was a night of magic and sorcery. Young sons lit bonfires and, as a proof of their courage, they jumped without fear, i.e. they jumped over the bonfire. Knowing that fire has protective and cleansing properties, they underwent such treatments. On Sobótka, bonfires were most often lit over water, in fields and balks. The smoke spreading around protected the fields from hail and disasters. It was believed that the Midsummer fire had greater power than ordinary fire. It was helpful for all diseases and human bodily ailments. <br>The magical power of herbs <br>In the forest, older women were undoing spells. For this purpose, special herb sprigs and magical plants with protective properties were cooked in a large cast-iron cauldron. Later, dancing around the fire, they uttered spells that gained enormous power that night. Then they sprinkled the herbal mixture on the cows to keep them safe from the spells of witches.<br>It was also believed that on Midsummer&apos;s Eve the effects of love herbs (e.g. lovage, rue) increase. <br>Letting go of wreaths <br>Water played a huge role, and immersion in it guaranteed youth and beauty, health and success. One of the most important customs of this night was for young, unmarried girls to throw wreaths onto the water with a lit candle and love herbs. The three most important herbs on that day had to be there: mugwort, wormwood and St. John&apos;s wort. Wild flowers were woven into the wreaths, such as cornflowers, chamomiles, and rue - preferably nine pieces. In the evening, wreaths were released into the water in pairs: a girl and a boy. The behavior of the wreaths was carefully observed. If they flowed steadily, or even better, touched each other or reached the shore, it meant a quick marriage and a happy married life. It boded badly when the wreath got tangled in the bushes or the candle inside it went out. The owner of such a wreath had to wait a while before getting married. And the wreath that was carried away by the whirlpool and sank predicted spinsterhood. It used to be that the custom ordered the young people to throw the wreaths into the water, and the interested bachelor had to fish out the wreath he wanted.<br><br><br>In cinemas, films are played with the original soundtrack and Polish subtitles, children&apos;s films are subtitled, on television the films are actually read by one narrator, but the narrator is superimposed on the original soundtrack, so you can also hear the actors&apos; voices, which are a bit quieter. <br>I leave examples below. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0D43ND-NYQY&amp;t=337">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0D43ND-NYQY&amp;t=337s </a><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8P8XvQF7aw">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8P8XvQF7aw</a>

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