Viking

In Viking times, Greenland was greener than today.

The Viking expansion from the 9th century onwards reached areas such as Normandy, Galicia, Andalusia, Sicily and Crimea.

After the invasion, Viking men took English wives and fathered children with the result that their daughters learned correct English from their mothers, and their sons learned bad English from their fathers, who hadn’t been in the country long enough to master the language.

While the daughters of the Viking invaders were brought up by their English mothers and learned to speak good English, the little boys ran along with their fathers picking up less than grammatical English from them, as a result of which, to this day, poor grammar is associated with masculinity in the Anglo-Saxon world.

From data gathered by the Viking 1 and 2 probes, we know that the Martian surface is covered by various rocks and a soil which is rich in an iron-laden clay. The presence of iron explains the planet's reddish-orange appearance.

Viking Lander 1 was the first U.S. spacecraft to successfully touch down on any planet other than Earth.

The Viking probes analyzed gases in the Martian atmosphere and chemicals in the soil for evidence of the existence of simple life. The probes also measured wind speed, wind direction, atmospheric temperature, and atmospheric pressure.

Viking helmets with horns aren't in style in Scandinavia anymore.

I think a Viking was working at the breakfast cafe in Bruges.

Tom stayed home on Tuesday to watch a Viking documentary.