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Before we go, here’s your random trivia of the day:

Today is Johnny Appleseed Day, celebrating the 19th-century horticulturist who helped spread apple trees across the U.S. Though Johnny Appleseed has since become a folk hero featured in many children’s books, his true motive in planting orchards was not fresh apples, but rather the alcoholic cider which could be made from the fruit.

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