Vikings used hallucinogenic herbal tea to feel less pain, to be ferocious
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Viking warriors used to fuel themselves drinking hallucinogenic herbal tea before going for blood-thirsty raids across northern Europe, scientists claim. Elite fighters, the berserkers, entered into animalistic frenzy before fighting, according to historians. Scientists believe the secret was mind-bending hallucinogens. Known as 'stinking henbane', the plant caused the warriors to strip naked for ferocious battles.