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Polish businessman and philanthropist Daniel Czapiewski has constructed an upside-down house to educate tourists about historical atrocities.

The house, located in Szymbark, Poland, has attracted thousands of visitors, who frequently complain of nausea after brief periods inside the building.

"It’s just terrible here. I’m visiting for the second time. And it’s terrible! You would have to be inside for at least half an hour to get used to it. I feel terrible. I can’t even speak because I’ll feel dizzier," commented Joanna Ziencik.

Czapiewski is delighted by the dizzying effect. "This house is a warning about the path we are taking. Mankind is spoiling this world and only mankind can fix it," he asserts.

Paintings inside the house highlight many historical evils, including terrorism, tsunami, poverty, concentration camps, communism and famine.

Czapiewski is particularly fond of the ultimate component of his exhibit, a statue of Pope John Paul II. "At the end our great countryman Pope John Paul II is pretending to look through binoculars and showing us that it can be better, but everything is up to us."

Czapiewski’s previous adventures include smuggling an entire antique house out of Russia. He also holds the Guiness World Record for making the longest single piece of wood.