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[Robert Hulme]

>   "...although horned helmets are in popular culture often associated
>   with Vikings, there is no evidence that Viking Age Scandinavians have
>   ever worn them. The attribution probably arose in 19th century
>   Swedish Romanticism." [1]
I see your factual account and raise you a Blackadder quote:

Blackadder: 'A war hasn't been fought this badly since Olaf the Hairy,
High Chief of all the Vikings, accidentally ordered 80,000 battle
helmets with the horns on the inside.'

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