Portal:Poland/Did you know/55
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- ... that legend has it that a Teutonic Knight erected the Leaning Tower of Toruń (pictured) so as to atone for falling in love with a woman, the tower's tilt signifying his deviant conduct?
- ... that the massacre of about 1,500 Jews in Józefów was committed by the men of the German Reserve Police Battalion 101, who were too old for the regular army?
- ... that the officially reported unemployment rate in Poland rose from near zero in 1989 to over 13 percent in 2012?
- ... that the protests of conservative Catholic groups in Poland against the play Golgota Picnic included attempted exorcisms?