WILD THINGS ABOUT THE VIKINGS

VIKINGS PREFERRED TO BE BLONDE. MEN WITH

DARKER HAIR WOULD USE STRONG SOAP WITH A

HIGH LEVEL OF LYE TO BLEACH THEIR HAIR

SOME VIKINGS WOULD BLEACH THEIR BEARDS AS WELL

VIKINGS WERE NEVER PART OF A UNIFIED GROUP,

AS IN THEY DIDN'T SEE THEMSELVES AS BEING

ONE NATION OF VIKINGS

THE TERM VIKING ONLY REFERS TO SCANDINAVIANS WHO

TOOK PART IN OVERSEAS EXPEDITIONS

DURING THE VIKING AGE, PRESENT DAY DENMARK,

SWEDEN, AND NORWAY SIMPLY CONSISTED OF A

NUMBER OF TRIBES WHO WERE CONSTANTLY AT

WAR WITH ONE ANOTHER WHEN THEY WEREN'T

OFF RAIDING

THE AVERAGE VIKING LIVED TO BE AROUND

40 YEARS OLD

LONG BEFORE THEY REACHED THAT AGE, THEIR

TEETH WOULD HAVE BEEN WORN DOWN BY

THE GRIT IN THEIR BREAD

A VIKING'S MOST TREASURED POSSESSION WAS HIS

SWORD. IT WAS OFTEN HANDED DOWN FROM

GENERATION TO GENERATION.