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TIL Johnny Appleseed (John Chapman) was not only a nurseryman who introduced apple trees to large parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, West Virginia and Ontario. He was a vegitarian who loved animals dearly and had a pet wolf that followed him after he healed its injured leg.

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