Popsicles were invented by accident.
While the specifics are up for debate, the general storey goes that an 11-year-old boy left a cup of soda and water out overnight in 1905.
He woke up to find it frozen and ready to eat.
He initially referred to it as a “Epsicle” (his last name was Epperson).
When he had children in the future, they began calling it “Pop’s Sicle” and the new name was born.