{"id":593,"date":"2006-01-09T22:09:00","date_gmt":"2006-01-09T22:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=593"},"modified":"2006-01-09T22:09:00","modified_gmt":"2006-01-09T22:09:00","slug":"593","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=593","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Now that everyone has tattoos&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hardcore <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/story\/75\/story_7567_1.html\">Asatruar<\/a> will want to file grooves in their teeth, as some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/channel\/being-human\/mg18925335.100\">ancient Vikings did<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/asatru\" rel=\"tag\">\u00c1satr\u00fa<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/vikings\" rel=\"tag\">Vikings<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that everyone has tattoos&#8230; Hardcore Asatruar will want to file grooves in their teeth, as some ancient Vikings did. 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