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Agnes Gold Member Offline fish dinner Posts: 6081 Bedford Park rnd	Re: History Challenge Reply #15 - Mar 21^st, 2016 at 10:35pm At school I learned ( informally of course ) Captain Cook chased a chook all around Australia.. He hit a rock and bust his cock ( feathered) and landed in Tasmania. I don't know why I learned that either.
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Re: History Challenge
Reply #16 - Mar 31^st, 2016 at 9:15am

Lord Herbert wrote on Mar 15^th, 2016 at 9:17am:

Continental America was, of course, discovered by the Vikings.

Both North America and the Vikings were discovered by the Inuits, as evidenced by Inuit spoken history:

Quote:

...soon the kayaker sent out his spear in good earnest, and killed him on the spot...When winter came, it was a general belief that the Kavdlunait would come and avenge the death of their countrymen[

Kavdlunait = foreigner (Viking)

However, the word "discover" in this sense implies that the discoverer is civilised. The Vikings did have their literature in their favour.

Apart from that Eric the Red was about as civilised as Pope Sergius III (not very)