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Quote:The analysis revealed that a titanium compound used in inks first produced in the 1920s pervades the map’s lines and text.

“The Vinland Map is a fake,” said Raymond Clemens, curator of early books and manuscripts at Yale’s Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, which houses the map.

Quote:The stretch of water between these two islands is only about 2.5 miles wide and actually freezes over during the winter, so you could technically walk from Russia to the US on seasonal sea ice.