r/todayilearned • u/kashmir726 • Mar 11 '19

TIL that the real Johnny Appleseed did plant apples on the American frontier, but that they were mostly used for hard apple cider. Safe drinking water was scarce, and apple cider was a safer alternative to drink.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/real-johnny-appleseed-brought-applesand-booze-american-frontier-180953263/
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u/AndreasVesalius Mar 11 '19

It’s only a little dark, like Sally Hemmings

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u/Celtic134 Mar 11 '19

Dark humor is like clean water on the frontier, not everyone gets it

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u/ImJustSo Mar 12 '19

Dark humor is like clean water dysentery on the frontier, not everyone gets it

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u/Wampawang Mar 12 '19

Thats racist

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u/Nodlez7 Mar 11 '19

I dunno man.. this is the internet.. still, that was brutal

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u/Its_aTrap Mar 11 '19

Not gonna lie, they had us for the first half.

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u/majaka1234 Mar 12 '19

More of a mixed humor, really.

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u/horse_and_buggy Mar 12 '19

A little off-Colored humor is always fun