Maybe it’s something about ice that spurs kids to inventive thinking. Frank Epperson left his soda water outside overnight and it turned to ice. The next morning, behold, the first Popsicle had been invented. Epperson was only 11 years old at the time, though he didn’t patent his invention until almost 20 years later, in 1923. He later sold his rights to the Popsicle.
Via SF Gate
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