I heard this too.

… from the Old Norse word for pirate but can also refer to any overseas expedition, not just piracy. They reached the Americas hundreds of years before Columbus and traveled as far east as Russia and as far south as Baghdad. Both historical research and archaeology have given us much information about the Vikings, yet man…
Is Everything We Think We Know About the Vikings Actually Wrong?
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Simon Dillon
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I heard this too. Also, wasn't there a Celtic saint who supposedly travelled to America? I can't recall the name. I'll have to look it up. Sorry for the tangent.
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