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Sample Question: In which city was Nicolaus Copernicus born?

Torun, Royal Prussia
Krakow, Poland
Gdańsk, Pomerania
Wrocław, Silesia
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Correct Answer: Torun, Royal Prussia

💡 Toruń (Thorn) is also famous for being the birthplace of gingerbread — the city has made spiced gingerbread since the Middle Ages.

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