Vinland Map proven with certainty to be a 20th century forgery.

[Score 1 for Columbus]

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.

Read more: https://news.yale.edu/2021/09/01/analysi...p-its-fake

[Mister Obvious]

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.

https://www.alaskacenters.gov/visitors-c...ska-russia

But let's not look at the obvious...