Myths & mysteries
European royalty paid fortunes for unicorn horns that were actually just narwhal tooth tusks
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Scamming the rich is a tradition as old as time itself. During the Middle Ages and Renaissance, mystical 'alicorns' (unicorn horns) were sold for ten times their weight in gold because they supposedly neutralized poison. Shrewd Viking traders were actually just harpooning narwhals in the Arctic and selling the tusks to gullible European kings who wanted to survive dinner.
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