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A carved runestone sparked Viking mysteries

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A Swedish immigrant discovered an inscribed slab of stone tangled in tree roots on his Minnesota farm in 1898. The cryptic Scandinavian runes suggested a medieval Nordic expedition reached the heart of North America centuries before Columbus, sparking intense academic debates over its authenticity.

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