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Jan 2019
12m 23s

Short Stuff: Johnny Appleseed

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Johnny Appleseed was real! And he was about as amazing as the legend paints him. He really did plant apple trees all over America and if the feds hadn’t chopped them down during Prohibition, they’d still be around. Learn what we mean in this episode. 
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