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The Vikings have the reputation of being savage barbarians – however, that is not entirely true. They were mostly focused on establishing trade routes and had a complex and nuanced culture. The unfavourable image of Vikings as brutal raiders originates in written reports by monks, who were frequent victims of Viking pillages.

If you’ve ever tempted your cat with some cakes or sugary treats, you might be disappointed to find out that cats can’t actually taste sugar. They don’t have sweet taste buds.

Spiders are vital to a healthy ecosystem. All spiders spin silk, but not all spiders spin webs. Web-weaving spiders have two or three claws at the tip of each leg that they use to swing from strand to strand without getting stuck in the sticky part of their web. Spiders eat harmful insects, pollinate plants, and recycle dead animal and plants back into the earth. They are also a valuable food source for many small mammals, birds, and fish.