Viking Helmets

Viking helmets never had horns →

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horned_helmet#Popular_association_with_Vikings

Yep, that means the Minnesota Viking helmets & mascot are totally wrong. The article doesn’t explain it, but the reason that some folks thought the Viking helmets did have horns is that they found Viking drinking horns (which they used for…drinking) next to the helmets, and just assumed they went together.

Speaking of Vikings: They were horrible, horrible people. They did unspeakably heinous things wherever they went. Yet they are mostly beloved today, especially in places like Iceland. Why is that? How did they clean up their image so much over the years? They had some great PR. I guess this means we’ll likely also see a Mongols team coming to the NFL soon.