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The Norse explorer Erik the Red arrives in Greenland with a fleet of Viking ships, according to the medieval Icelandic sagas. The Norsemen established two settlements that had a peak population of ...

From four-leaf clovers to lucky pennies, America has its own set of good luck symbols. But where do they come from, and what ...