50 Facts You Learned at School That Are Not Real

COLUMBUS’ SHIPS WERE THE NIÑA, PINTA, AND SANTA MARIA

Every school kid learns that in 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue, and the ships he used. But the names we know are nicknames. The Nina was probably really called the Santa Clara; the Santa Maria was at the time called La Gallega, or The Galician.

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