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badasslatina
· 9 years ago
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Wait. What did actually happen?
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meowiamacat
· 9 years ago
Well, if I remember correctly, this one viking was kinda pissed about something and was exiled or something and discovered Iceland and Greenland and said, "You know what? I'm gonna fuck with everyone. Which one has less ice? THAT ONE'S ICELAND NOW. IT IS THE LAND OF ICE." "But there's no ice..." "IT'S THE LAND OF ICE OK GUYS"
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deleted
· 9 years ago
I think the Vikings wanted the better one for themselves, so they named it Iceland to chase away other people xD
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guest
· 9 years ago
Pretty damn close actually lol. It Was purposefully done to confuse people, but more for the reason that they wanted to trick immigrants into fleeing to the wrong country so they could be caught.
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average_potterhead
· 9 years ago
Yeah, some king from Iceland was exiled in Greenland and called it that to attract people to be his new subjects.
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miniegg
· 9 years ago
I was always told that because nobody wanted to go to a place called Iceland, he named the next place Greenland.
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summerlovin
· 9 years ago
Every comment is different I'm confused
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coolpie178
· 9 years ago
That would be the perfect place for a hobbit hole
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deleted
· 9 years ago
Hetalia makes this post so much better.
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guest
· 9 years ago
They named Greenland Greenland, so people would be fooled and live there. Trolling level over 100!
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alicimoh
· 9 years ago
I read something that said Vikings named the icey land Greenland so farmers would go there and live. Turned out pretty cold for them I guess.
jensensbooty
· 9 years ago
The Vikings named the greenest one Iceland so no one would want to go there and so they would visit Greenland. The Vikings wanted Iceland to themselves
willowlovestara
· 9 years ago
Basically the Viking dude who discovered Iceland wanted the green pastures to himself so he fucked them over and was like "you know what's a barren wasteland? This country I just discovered. If I call it Iceland, maybe people will get the message".
spirithawk
· 9 years ago
I'm pretty sure the Vikings found Iceland and wanted people to stay off of their land, so they called the icier place Greenland in order to attract people there rather than the lush Iceland.
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