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  • LuFins DadL Offline
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    The popsicle was invented by an 11 year old kid named Frank Epperson. He left a glass of water with soda powder and a stirrer outside overnight and discovered it the next morning. He started selling it around the neighborhood then at a local amusement park. Years later he changed the name from Epsicle to Popsicle because his children called it popsicle.

    Additional Fun Fact - @Axtremus would have had his neighborhood and amusement park stands shut down because of no business license.

    The Brad

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      Hahahahaha

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      • George KG Offline
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        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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          M&M stands for Mars and Murrie.

          Forrest Mars (son of the Mars Company founder) first spotted the British confection Smarties during the Spanish Civil War and noticed the candy shell prevented the chocolate from melting. He teamed up with Bruce Murrie (son of Hershey Chocolate's president) and the company later trademarked the "Melts in Your Mouth, Not in Your Hand" slogan.

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          • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

            The popsicle was invented by an 11 year old kid named Frank Epperson. He left a glass of water with soda powder and a stirrer outside overnight and discovered it the next morning. He started selling it around the neighborhood then at a local amusement park. Years later he changed the name from Epsicle to Popsicle because his children called it popsicle.

            Additional Fun Fact - @Axtremus would have had his neighborhood and amusement park stands shut down because of no business license.

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            @LuFins-Dad said in Random Weird Facts:

            The popsicle was invented by an 11 year old kid named Frank Epperson. He left a glass of water with soda powder and a stirrer outside overnight and discovered it the next morning. He started selling it around the neighborhood then at a local amusement park. Years later he changed the name from Epsicle to Popsicle because his children called it popsicle.

            Additional Fun Fact - @Axtremus would have had his neighborhood and amusement park stands shut down because of no business license.

            HEY!
            I'm not sure, but was that a dig at our forum leader and best pal, Ax?
            If so, not appropriate. Sure, Ax was a carnival barker for years, but that was before he got all conservative and became a lemonade stand compliance officer. Good 'ol Ax has mellowed over the years, he even dropped his gender lawsuit against using the term "Pop"-sicle.

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              M&M stands for Mars and Murrie.

              Forrest Mars (son of the Mars Company founder) first spotted the British confection Smarties during the Spanish Civil War and noticed the candy shell prevented the chocolate from melting. He teamed up with Bruce Murrie (son of Hershey Chocolate's president) and the company later trademarked the "Melts in Your Mouth, Not in Your Hand" slogan.

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              @Larry said in Random Weird Facts:

              the company later trademarked the "Melts in Your Mouth, Not in Your Hand" slogan.

              Which is bullshit btw. Yes I get it might not melt as fast was normal chocolate, but those M&Ms melt quickly nonetheless.

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                Also, if you allow a corpse to sit until it reaches room temperature, M&Ms no longer melt in its mouth. There is no mention of that anywhere on the M&Ms packaging. I have looked.

                Education is extremely important.

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                  In fairness it’s the candy coating that melts in your hands. Not the milk chocolate.

                  So they’re correct.

                  Only non-witches get due process.

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                  • HoraceH Horace

                    Also, if you allow a corpse to sit until it reaches room temperature, M&Ms no longer melt in its mouth. There is no mention of that anywhere on the M&Ms packaging. I have looked.

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                    @Horace said in Random Weird Facts:

                    Also, if you allow a corpse to sit until it reaches room temperature, M&Ms no longer melt in its mouth. There is no mention of that anywhere on the M&Ms packaging. I have looked.

                    πŸ˜‚ πŸ˜‚

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                      Screen Shot 2020-08-22 at 8.35.49 AM.png

                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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