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TIL Coca-Cola marketing is partly responsible for the modern depiction of Santa Claus. Illustrator Haddon Sundblom drew Santa for a 1931 Coke ad in The Saturday Evening Post. His drawing was inspired by the 1822 poem 'A Visit from St. Nicholas' (commonly called 'Twas the Night Before Christmas').

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oBEkE TIL Vikings never wore horned helmets, it is a myth that started in the 1870s. In reality, their helmets are iron with an eye guard.
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