The popsicle was accidentally invented in 1905 by an 11-year-old boy named Frank Epperson.
Why it is true
He left a glass of soda water with a wooden stirring stick outside on his porch overnight. It froze solid, and he had invented the world's first ice pop.
Source: Food History
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