Bluetooth
You might not have noticed this before, but you’re probably using a Viking symbol in your day-to-day life. Since the rise of smartphones, to be exact. Around the year 958, there was a Viking king named Harald Bluetooth. He ruled over all the tribes in Denmark and even conquered parts of Norway. The man who developed the technology behind Bluetooth had been reading the book ‘The Long Ships’ while it was in development. The developer, Jim Kardach, decided to name his technology in honor of the Danish king. To make the logo, he combined the king’s initials, creating the famous logo we know today.
Bluetooth
Unicorn Horns
It is said that at one point, a Viking traded a narwhal horn with a European trader. The catch? Well, the European traded believed the horn came from a unicorn. This is where the famous myth of unicorns’ spiral horn was born. Since the narwhal only lived in the far north, the Vikings were able to take advantage of the myth and sell the horns for incredible amounts of money. It got to the point where Europeans firmly believed that the horns held magical properties. By Medieval times, people believed that unicorn horns carved into cups would protect the one drinking from them, meaning they could never be poisoned. Not to mention, they thought the horn could also cure melancholia or depression.
Unicorn Horns