Our weekly nugget of useless trivia comes from our Nordic friends, the Vikings. Back in their hay-day, these crazy bastards would take breaks from battle to drink some delicious ale, then continue their battle. But, after drinking their beer, and feeling a little more daring, they would typically go back into battle without armor, allowing their chests to glare violently in the sun. This is where our English word berserk comes from; in the Norse language it meant "without a shirt." Considering they were going back into war sans armour, I believe our definition of berserk is a little better, seeing as these Vikings were, for a lack of better terms, bat-shit crazy.
So if you happen to go berserk this weekend, do so safely and raise a pint to the crazed shirtless men that brought you this vocab.
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