Vikings Loved Taking “Magic Mushrooms” Before Battles

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Before a big battle, Vikings would eat mushrooms and begin going crazy. They believed that they were being possessed by an otherworldly force that would provide them with incredible powers during the long battle. The reality is they were getting high “magic mushrooms.”

Supposedly Vikings loved this feeling. Some historians, sadly, believe that mushrooms weren’t the only cause of Vikings going “berserk.” They believe several Viking suffered from PTSD and would find themselves suffering episodes before battles.