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I spent 4 years in Iceland so I have to add this ... Iceland was 1st found by the vikings and then Greenland, they named the 2 islands backwards as to throw off any new visitors who hoped to migrate in that part of the world. The way the Icelandics told me was that Iceland was the landing spot for the vikings and to avoid overpopulation they changed the name of the 2 islands so if anyone went to Greenland 1st hoping to see a new paradise that they could populate they'd see nothing but ice and cold weather, and so they would figure if this is "Green"land then the hell with "Ice"land ... lets go home.
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