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February 19, 2017

In 1905, 11-year-old Frank Eppersonfrom San Francisco, California, accidentally invented the Popsicle.

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It was a chilly evening when he decided to make himself a soft drink.
He mixed soda powder and water with a wooden stirring stick but somehow forgot about his drink and left it on the porch. When he woke up the next morning andreturned to the porch his drink was frozen with the wooden stir stick stuck in the frozen liquid. He ran the glass under hot water and licked the frozen treat off the wooden stir stick. He had invented a new treat and named it Epsicle. - - Vintage News
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Posted by gerardvanderleun at February 19, 2017 7:28 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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Freezing in San Francisco? Must have been a global cooling era.

Posted by: Terry at February 19, 2017 3:01 PM

In 1905, 11-year-old Frank Eppersonfrom San Francisco, California, accidentally invented the Popsicle. He had invented a new treat and named it Epsicle. Unfortunatly it took Frank 19 years to apply for a patent his dad being a little quicker. Today, we don't call them "Epsicles".

Posted by: Ostinato at February 19, 2017 10:03 PM

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