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7. Vikings played Piggy in the Middle with rolled up bearskins.

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8. Most Viking boots were made of goatskin.

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9. Buttons hadn't been invented yet so toggles, clasps and brooches were used.

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10. Some Vikings attached thrusting spikes to the centre of their shields to adapt them for offence as well as defence.

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11. Everybody attended a big meeting called (wait for it) The Thing!

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12. There were no toilets on longships!

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13. Vikings navigated using bearing dials; astronomy; lodestones, sunstones and by releasing captured birds when they thought they were near land.

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14. Erik the Red was so violent even fellow Vikings objected; exiling him from both Norway and Iceland.

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15. Vikings believed in two groups of Gods - the Aesir (pronounced "Eye-Ear") and the Vanir.

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16. Thursday is named after Thor, God of Thunder.