11-29-2016, 06:17 PM
7. Vikings played Piggy in the Middle with rolled up bearskins.
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11-29-2016, 06:18 PM
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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11-29-2016, 06:19 PM
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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11-29-2016, 06:19 PM
11. Everybody attended a big meeting called (wait for it) The Thing!
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11-29-2016, 06:20 PM
12. There were no toilets on longships!
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11-29-2016, 06:20 PM
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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11-29-2016, 06:21 PM
14. Erik the Red was so violent even fellow Vikings objected; exiling him from both Norway and Iceland.
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11-29-2016, 06:22 PM
15. Vikings believed in two groups of Gods - the Aesir (pronounced "Eye-Ear") and the Vanir.
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11-29-2016, 06:22 PM
16. Thursday is named after Thor, God of Thunder.
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