270: Poland: Copernicus, the Dragon and the Salt Mine

The Rest Is History

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🗓️ 2 December 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Join Tom and Dominic as they explore the seven wonders of Poland. Hear all about Krakus the dragon-slayer, the Wieliczka Salt Mine, "Kaiser soup", the influence of Oriental fashion, and much more... Join The Rest Is History Club (www.restishistorypod.com) for ad-free listening to the full archive, weekly bonus episodes, live streamed shows and access to an exclusive chatroom community. *The Rest Is History Live Tour 2023*: Tom and Dominic are back on tour this autumn! See them live in London, New Zealand, and Australia! Buy your tickets here: restishistorypod.com Twitter: @TheRestHistory @holland_tom @dcsandbrook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, welcome to the rest is history and on our tour of the world's 32 most successful
0:16.2	footballing nations today Dominic, we are arriving in Poland.
0:21.8	We are and tour is the right word Tom because we will be doing something of a tour in
0:25.6	this episode because I thought we should do something completely different which we
0:30.1	haven't number four.
0:31.3	So you know the seven wonders of the ancient world.
0:34.7	I do, yeah.
0:35.7	Can you name more seven?
0:36.7	Well, it's complicated because they vary.
0:39.3	They do.
0:40.3	So the commonly acknowledged ones are, it's used at Olympia, the hangards of Babylon, yes.
0:49.3	And sometimes the walls of Babylon.
0:51.5	Oh, I don't have them on my list.
0:53.9	So sometimes they're included.
0:55.6	The Wastileum in Halachemassas, the Feros in Alexandria.
1:00.8	Oh, yes, yes, the lighthouse.
1:02.3	Exactly.
1:03.3	The Great Pyramid, which is the only surviving one.
1:05.8	Yeah.
1:06.8	How many have I done so far?
1:07.8	I can't remember.
1:08.8	You've done six.
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