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Where do the slowest sharks live and what do they prey on?

The northernmost of the sharks, the Greenland polar shark, swims very slowly - its speed does not exceed 2 km / h. At the same time, it was noticed that she preys on seals that swim faster.

It is believed that mainly sleeping seals become its prey. They avoid falling asleep on the ice so as not to fall into the clutches of polar bears, but instead fall prey to sharks.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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Why is an area in France called Normandy?

The beginning of the "Viking era", or, as they were called in those days, the Normans, most likely, should be attributed to the end of the XNUMXth century AD. It was at this time from the fjords of Norway and the bays of Denmark that these desperate sailors set off on their first predatory campaigns. The Vikings were the first to cross the Atlantic and established colonies in Iceland and Greenland. In the XNUMXth century, they reached the southern cities of France and the shores of sunny Italy.

In 885, the Norman army captured Rouen and laid siege to Paris. This was not the first siege of this city, so the Parisians, remembering the bitter experience of the past, preferred to pay off the conquerors. The Vikings, being "out of work", moved to the northwestern part of France, where many of them chose to stay permanently. The French king Charles III was forced to leave the territories captured by the Vikings at their mercy. In 911, he granted the Norwegian Rollo a whole province, which still retains the name Normandy.

The Normans were by far the best shipbuilders in Northern Europe. They sailed on boats, which we know about thanks to the Viking custom of burying the dead on ships.

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