The True Story Behind the Popsicle
The ice pop was invented by an 11-year-old boy named Frank Epperson in 1905. He left soda powder and water outside overnight with the wooden stirrer still inside of it. THe treat froze overnight, and Frank was able to pop the cube out and lick the "beverage" just like that. He called it the "Epsicle" but eventually he started calling it a Popsicle.
Thank God He Didn't Get It
During the heat of WWII, a Swedish politician sent a letter of nomination into the Nobel foundation to attempt to award Adolph Hitler with a Nobel Peace Prize. The man retracted his nomination and later said it was just a joke. He did it because Hitler banned Germans from accepting any foreign awards four years before the Nobel Peace Prize was to be awarded.
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