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What happens when Vikings reach North America, and history barely remembers it

Thorfinn Karlsefni wasn’t a legend from anime—he was a real Viking explorer. This video tells the true story behind the ...
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Vikings really did reach North America a thousand years ago — and now we know exactly when

A pair of 13th-century Icelandic texts known as the “Vinland Saga” describes the journey of famous Norse explorer Leif Erikson to a land the Vikings called Vinland. Although there’s plenty of poetic ...