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Topic: Was Beethoven a Viking? (Read 3353 times)

Bob

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Was Beethoven a Viking?

on: February 07, 2013, 04:39:58 AM

Hey, why not?

I heard there's Viking blood in a lot of people. The culture didn't die off. It just became another culture. I saw it on a video somewhere... on the internet.... a while ago....

So, was Beethoven a Viking?

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