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Hey it's Leif Erickson day, the day to celebrate the first time Europeans made contact with the American continent. Post your favorite Viking, Norse, and transcontinental factoids. Did you know that Vikings didn't wear horned helmets because that's a loving retarded idea? If you're in a fight that's an easy way for the enemy to control the position of your head and kill you instantly. Vikings are depicted as having that kind of helmet because they had some opera come out around the same time the sagas were becoming popular again, and the producers wanted the actors to seem more exotic and tough. And the image just stuck. This modern day song is based off of an ancient Icelandic battle hymn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eHkjPCGXKQ Vikings didn't just rape and pillage all the time tho. They also were heavily focused on personal honor, trade, and communication. A good Viking would be able to also resolve disputes with words as well as ritual death combat. Also get treasure and gently caress.
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Oct 9, 2017 16:27
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Check out this nerd talkin bout how America got discovered: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ImVcBI6qyQ
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Oct 9, 2017 16:38
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also, skyrim is fuckin wrong, check out how real sword and board warriors fought. Spoiler: the shield is the main weapon, not the sword https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkhpqAGdZPc trust this guy his name's fuckin roland he prob knows this poo poo
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Oct 9, 2017 16:43
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Hector Beerlioz posted:you need to do like four marijuanas depending on how Nordic you are, of c. Blue Star posted:The Vikings were black. So were all of the kings of Europe up until the 1800s. This is true. All the top tiers were black. Also the 14th pope, Victor I. in like the year 200. In those days it was a lot more cosmopolitan than people think check this ancient egypto lion that Vikings dcided to carve all over. they also wrote poo poo all over Hagia Sophia
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Oct 9, 2017 17:21
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Prob the Icelandic didn't have smallpox? It was also much less of an interface between the two groups. Fewer people and less hanging out.
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Oct 9, 2017 17:57
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gary oldmans diary posted:im against it The Vikings were down and in those days could only smoke weed, cigs hadn't been discovered yet. It's how they developed their most powerful techniques. Squares couldn't figure it out. This is how berserkers were formed. Ber is weed and serk means smoke or suck
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Oct 9, 2017 18:09
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Grevling posted:Yeah, it could be both of these things. I just skimmed the Wiki article and smallpox and it said it wasn't that common in Europe until the time of the Crusades, so a bit later than Leif. Yep. Pretty hosed. Plague blankets were real too. Apparently there have been a significant number of times records relating to biological war were destroyed to make those guys look better.
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Oct 9, 2017 18:12
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