Erik the Red

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Leif Erikson's father, an outlaw who discovered and settled Greenland, famously naming it 'Greenland' as a real estate scam to attract colonists.

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Vikings, Ragnar, Berserkers, Valhalla & the Warriors of the Viking Age | Lex Fridman Podcast #495

Vikings, Ragnar, Berserkers, Valhalla & the Warriors of the Viking Age | Lex Fridman Podcast #495

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Leif Erikson's father, an outlaw who discovered and settled Greenland, famously naming it 'Greenland' as a real estate scam to attract colonists.