[thereddaikon]

I was taught that Leif Erikson led an expedition to Newfoundland over 20 years ago in public school.

"Transatlantic exploration took place centuries before the crossing of Columbus. Physical evidence for early European presence in the Americas can be found in Newfoundland, Canada1,2. However, it has thus far not been possible to determine when this activity took place3,4,5. Here we provide evidence that the Vikings were present in Newfoundland in AD 1021. We overcome the imprecision of previous age estimates by making use of the cosmic-ray-induced upsurge in atmospheric radiocarbon concentrations in AD 993 (ref. 6). "

Seems that before hand the evidence was circumstantial and while everyone was confident it was the case, they can now prove it with better dating techniques.

[SketchySeaBeast]

> Leif Erikson led an expedition to Newfoundland over 20 years ago

I guess that's technically not wrong.

[GauntletWizard]

I'm just impressed that Leif Erikson was leading expeditions while still in public school.

[satvikpendem]

I too love dangling modifiers

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangling_modifier

[elwell]

> guess that's technically not wrong

Hey, don't command me to guess things.

[elwell]

> Downvotes

I was merely quoting mid-sentence as OP did