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Did you know
... that
Zbigniew Bródka
(pictured)
, the first Pole to win an Olympic gold medal in
men's 1500 metres
speed skating
, is a professional firefighter?
... that
Żywoty świętych
("Lives of the Saints") by the Polish Jesuit
Piotr Skarga
contained graphic and detailed descriptions of tortures and suffering?
... that
Stanisław Salmonowicz
, once repressed by
Polish communist authorities
, has published over a thousand works of history?
... that
Barbara Zdunk
was one of tens of thousands of
people executed for witchcraft
in Europe and America?