From:	Wordman wordman@*******.com
Subject:	[Quite OT] the value of education (OT-rant, long)
Date:	Mon, 12 Jul 1999 14:52:59 -0400

> >Did Columbus "discover" the New World before or after Shakespeare wrote
> >Hamlet?
>
> Actually, he wasn't the first to discover it! That was the vikings!! :)

Not them either. I put "discover" in quotes above indicate that Columbus
really didn't discover America.

"Columbus discovered American in 1492, which means that the 6 million people
who were there at the time didn't know where they were."
- Prof. Joyce (Mayan Archeology)