The Washington Post(@washingtonpost):The Vikings founded modern-day Newfoundland in eastern Canada half a millennium before a certain other European explorer first landed in the Bahamas. So why does the United States observe Columbus Day? Columbus had better PR, an archeologist explained.

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The Vikings founded modern-day Newfoundland in eastern Canada half a millennium before a certain other European explorer first landed in the Bahamas. So why does the United States observe Columbus Day? Columbus had better PR, an archeologist explained.