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THE EPSICLE
In 1905, an 11-year-old named Frank
Epperson of Oakland, California,
accidentally left a glass of soda powder
and water with a mixing stick in it out
on his porch on a cold night. It froze
and the frozen pop on a stick was born,
according to Eppersons 1983 New York
Times obituary.
He called his creation an Epsicle,
before later changing its name to
Popsicle. Epperson sold his patent for
the frozen drink on a stick in
the 1920s, and the
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