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That night, the temperature dropped below freezing, and the next morning, Epperson discovered the drink had frozen to the stick, inspiring the idea of a fruit-flavored "popsicle". [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In 1922, he introduced the creation at a fireman's ball, where according to reports it was "a sensation". [ 2 ]
Epperson claimed to have first created an ice pop in 1905, [1] [4] at the age of 11, when he accidentally left a glass of powdered lemonade soda and water with a mixing stick in it on his porch during a cold night, a story still printed on the back of Popsicle treat boxes. Epperson lived in Oakland and worked as a lemonade salesman. [7]
Jell-O Pudding Pops were frozen ice pop treats which were originally made and marketed by General Foods. They were launched with a marketing campaign fronted by actor and comedian Bill Cosby. [1] Pudding Pops first originated in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in the 1970s in the United States, and became more popular in the 1980s.
In 2003, The Walt Disney Company made a deal with Wells' Dairy to release Buzz Lightyear Bomb Pops. [6] Several competitors sell similar looking popsicles, with some litigation by a competitor in 2014, which was eventually dismissed. [7] [8] Blue Bunny celebrated Bomb Pops' 50th anniversary in 2005 by starting a sweepstakes.
Play-Doh was originally called Rainbow Modeling Compound and used to clean wallpaper. A NJ nursery school teacher found it was fun to use as a toy.
Invented by accident in 1959, 7-Eleven’s legendary icy beverage, offered in all sorts of crazy flavors, is available year-round, though it especially hits the spot in summer.
John Stith Pemberton (July 8, 1831 – August 16, 1888) was an American pharmacist and Confederate States Army veteran who is best known as the inventor of Coca-Cola.On May 8, 1886, he developed an early version of a beverage that would later become Coca-Cola, but sold the rights to the drink shortly before his death in 1888.
The true story is that it was invented utterly by accident one fateful day more than 70 years ago, when a Raytheon engineer named Percy Spencer was testing a military-grade magnetron and suddenly ...