Oh hey

Oct 13th, 2008

It’s Columbus Day. So what exactly do we celebrate on Columbus Day, poor nautical navigation techniques?

#1 Boyd
on Oct 13th, 2008 at 10:35 am

Serendipity.
#2 Kalium
on Oct 13th, 2008 at 12:09 pm

Bad history?
#3 Rob K
on Oct 13th, 2008 at 4:42 pm

He was on the right course; he just ran into a sort of wall on his way. How could he have know it was going to be there?
#4 freddyboomboom
on Oct 13th, 2008 at 4:42 pm

Actually, he thought the world was smaller than it is, and didn’t know there was an extra set of continents in the way.

So he’s actually the most famous failure in history.