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TIL Erik Thorvaldsson (Erik the Red), discovered a frozen island 1,500 miles west of Iceland. He wished to settle there but was worried no one would want to because of the harsh conditions. In order to fool them into taking the dangerous voyage, he told them the name of the island was "Greenland"

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