When you hear the word, Viking, you can't help but think of jacked dudes with beards posting up on boats. And that's tight. After chilling in that headspace for a bit, you might then think... didn't Vikings beat Christopher Columbus to the New World? They for sure did, but not until this dude Erik The Red made a colorful discovery of his own. 

Sources: Wikipedia.org, ‘The Intellectual Devotional’ by David S. Kidder & Noah D. Oppenheim 2010 TID Volumes, LLC, Realmofhhistory.com, Britannica.com