Portal:Poland/Did you know/11
- ... that the fossil crane fly
Elephantomyia bozenae (pictured), discovered in
Baltic amber, is named after the Polish biologist
Bożena Szala?
- ... that in 1890,
Henry Lowenfeld, an immigrant from Poland, established the UK's first brewer of non-alcoholic beer, in
Fulham, London?
- ... that between 1942 and 1944, Polish resistance fighter
Antoni Koper hid Jews from the
Warsaw Ghetto in his apartment?
- ... that, when described, at least five males of the fossil crane fly
Elephantomyia irinae were known from
inclusions in
Baltic amber from the collection of the
Polish Academy of Sciences?
Portal:Poland/Did you know/82
- ... that
St. Francis' Church (pictured) in the
Old Town of
Kraków displays an exact replica of the
Shroud of Turin, blessed by
Pope John Paul II in 2003?
- ... that the
Thorn Castle (now in
Toruń), one of the first castles of the
Teutonic Knights, was demolished by rebellious burghers a century or so after its construction, at the beginning of the
Thirteen Years' War?
- ... that one of the
unofficial mottos of Poland,
"God, Honor, Fatherland", likely originated from the
Napoleonic motto of the
Order of the Legion of Honor ?
- ... that the
National Rifle Factory, a major firearms producer in
interwar Poland, also designed its own weaponry, including an
anti-tank rifle?