Have you ever enjoyed the cool refreshment of a popsicle on a hot, summer day? If so, you have an 11-year-old boy named Frank Epperson to thank. One winter day in 1905, young Epperson was making soda pop by mixing powdered soda and water. He accidentally left the mixing bucket outside with the mixing stick in it overnight, That night, the temperature reached freezing. In the morning. Epperson discovered that the fruit flavored liquid had frozen to the stick. Although he tried and liked his invention, it wasn't until eighteen years later that it occurred to him to turn his invention into a business, Epperson's children referred to this treat made by their pop as a popsicle. That name stuck and eventually became the official name. Today popsicles are enjoyed by millions of people around th world. But, perhaps your dessert of choice on a hot day is an ice cream cone. If so, you should be glad for the unexpected event that brought two men together at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. An ice cream vendor named Charles Menches was doing such booming business that he ran out of bowls to put the ice cream in. The vendor next to Menches was young Syrian immigrant named Ernest Hamwi. Hamwi was selling a Syrian treat called zalabia, a crisp, wafer-like pastry. Hamwi came up with a solution to Menches" quandary. Hamwi rolled some of his warm pastry into a cone so that Menches could put ice cream inside. In that instant, a favorite international hot weather treat was born.