The Vikings reached North America about 500 years before Columbus.
Why it is true
Leif Erikson, a Viking explorer, reached North America around the year 1000, about 500 years before Christopher Columbus. Remains of a Viking settlement were found at L Anse aux Meadows, in Newfoundland, Canada.
Source: National Geographic
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