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summer's edible sword, invented by an 11-year-old who left soda out overnight.
means A flavored ice treat frozen onto a stick, eaten by licking before it melts down your hand.
from The popular story is largely true: in 1905 an 11-year-old named Frank Epperson left a cup of soda-water powder and water outside overnight with the stirring stick still in it; the freezing temperatures did the rest. He first called it the 'Epsicle,' a blend of his name and 'icicle,' before later renaming it the 'Popsicle' — said to come from his children calling it 'Pop's 'sicle.' The '-sicle' itself is a fragment lifted straight from 'icicle,' which traces back to Old English 'gicel,' meaning ice or frost.
- accidental genius
- Frank Epperson froze flavored soda by mistake in 1905
- original name
- He first called it the Epsicle
- twin stick logic
- Two sticks let kids split and share
- patent age
- Epperson patented it as an adult in 1923
edy's pie — frank epperson's accidental invention in 1905 when he left a drink with a stick outside overnight in oakland, california
dreamsicle — orange and vanilla swirl popsicle sold by edy's/dreyer's since 1955
bomb pop — red, white, and blue striped popsicle manufactured by the edy's company starting in 1955