In 1947, Thor Heyerdahl, a Norwegian adventurer and scientist, sailed 5,000 miles across the Pacific in a handbuilt raft (known as the Kon-Tiki Expedition to prove the ancients could’ve accomplished this too. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor_Heyerdahl
WTF Fun Fact – Kon-Tiki Expedition
