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The childhood ice-pop story has a complication
Frank Epperson is associated with a story about a childhood drink freezing around a stirring stick. Later reporting questioned the account, including its weather details. His frozen-confection patent was granted in 1924, even if the childhood story remains disputed.
The patent and the legend are not the same evidence.
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Reviewed: 2026-10-05