stackyFACTSIt takes a genius to invent things, but it only takes an eleven-year-old leaving his drink outside overnight to make millions. Frank Epperson left a stirring stick in his powdered soda mixture on a freezing porch, patenting his accidental masterpiece almost two decades later.
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