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How Did The Ancient Vikings Make These Super-Strong Swords?
Submitted by KenK on Thu, 2015-06-04 23:00
“When we look at the history of new technologies, we tend to think of only our most recent past. But more than a thousand years ago, blacksmiths succeeded in making a set of ultra-strong swords — that are tricky to recreate even today.”
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