Happy Leif Ericson Day

Railr0aderTony
Railr0aderTony Posts: 6,803 Member
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On this day...
1000 Leif Ericson discovers "Vinland" (possibly New England)

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  • Railr0aderTony
    Railr0aderTony Posts: 6,803 Member
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  • dicoveringwhoIam
    dicoveringwhoIam Posts: 480 Member
    LoL
  • Railr0aderTony
    Railr0aderTony Posts: 6,803 Member
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  • KinoM
    KinoM Posts: 359 Member
    Saint Brendan managed it from Ireland in 545 AD, or there and abouts. And that was how there was an Irish bar there ready to receive the thirsty vikings...
  • vtmoon
    vtmoon Posts: 3,436 Member
    Sounds like a Canadian holiday.
  • Railr0aderTony
    Railr0aderTony Posts: 6,803 Member
    Sounds like a Canadian holiday.

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    Railr0aderTony Posts: 6,803 Member
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  • neandermagnon
    neandermagnon Posts: 7,436 Member
    none of them were the first humans to reach the Americas though.... that happened around 12,000 years ago, if I recall correctly... across the Bering strait, which back then was a bridge of land from Siberia to Alaska. They were Homo sapiens sapiens with a late upper palaeolithic level of technology.

    Happy Leif Ericson day anyway though, it's quite an impressive feat even so.

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