Here's a little known factoid:
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blpopsicle.htm
In 1905, the Popsicle was invented by an eleven-year-old Frank Epperson.
Frank Epperson was only 11 years old when he invented the originally named
Epsicle. He had left his fruit flavored soda outside on the porch with a
stir stick in it. The drink froze to the stick and tasted good. It took 18
more years in 1923 for Epperson to apply for a patent for a "frozen ice on a
stick" called the Epsicle ice pop, which his children re-named the Popsicle.
It's currently 103 degrees outside. Would have been a pop-puddle if he'd
left it sitting out in this heat. Even the Good Humor Man isn't driving
around selling his wares. I bought some lemonade popsicles, very nice and
refreshing. My second favourite is grape followed by orange. How about
you? Or do you prefer ice cream?
Jill