This article about native Americans is just awesome.

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http://www.cracked.com/article_19864_6-ridiculous-lies-you-believe-about-founding-america.html

I just learned a lot, even if only half of it is true. While this may come as no surprise to someone familiar with the subject, for me it was eye opening.

So basically, the Europeans were mostly wimps in comparison and took the continent (after 150 years of failing at trying to do so) only because the natives died off from disease.

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1. Wow. Good Read. Thanks For Pointing Me There.

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2. You're welcome. If I am not mistaken, the article suggests that it is not far fetched to say...

...that the Europeans basically fulfilled a similar role in North America as rats did during the plagues in Europe.

The Europeans had already lived through the plague once, and thus had their "herd thinned" through selection significantly already, and then they were also "hardened" by several generations of living in their own feces. Then they came in contact with a civilization who had comparatively high standards of hygene, who were no match for the killer germs that they were carrying.

Maybe not the most political correct thing to say, but the article suggests that Europeans were only able to take the continent because they were filthy

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3. Noooo! Cracked link! Afternoon ... productivity ... fading ... (nt)

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4. Lol...

I hear ye

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5. Me, too

(gets distracted by another list)