Pretty certain the single most surprising thing I've learned in the recent past is that the VIKINGS got to BAGHDAD and repeatedly attacked CONSTANTINOPLE. (They used the Volga&Dnieper.) Not a word about it in my entire education! Here's a brief history:
https://www.history.com/news/globetrotting-vikings-the-quest-for-constantinople
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