October 10, 2014 4:43 PM EDT
In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue, or at least, that’s what they told you in Kindergarten class.
In fact, that’s probably all you really remember about the Genoa-born explorer, Christopher Columbus — and only when Columbus Day rolls around, if you’re fortunate enough to get a day off for it (Only 23 states give their workers a paid day off to celebrate it, according to a 2013 Pew poll). Read More...