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To: SunkenCiv

Why do you think it’s call ‘Greenland’? It used to be green.


6 posted on 06/11/2018 4:36:18 PM PDT by Licensed-To-Carry (Sessions isn't gonna do crap about Hillary, he is part of the Swamp.)
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To: Licensed-To-Carry
Eric the Red named it Greenland because he wanted to attract settlers. False advertising. He knew that Iceland's name discouraged people from going to live there.

Moral of the story: never trust a Red.

7 posted on 06/11/2018 4:42:23 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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