The merest mention of lollipops sparks a set of nostalgic visuals in our minds, mostly those linked to our childhood days when our mouths never stopped watering for the sugar candies.
There are many reasons why we loved lollipops to bits -- the click-clack noise they made when they hit our teeth and the hypnotic noise they made when we spun them inside our mouths to cope with the long tiring waits in queues.
National Lollipop Day is celebrated on July 20 each year in honor of the ever-so-delightful sweet treats. Below are some fun facts and quotes to commemorate the day and remind you of the good old days.
The lollipops that we eat today acquired their form in the 17th century when Europeans whipped up boiled sugar condiments and inserted sticks inside them to make them easier to eat
The introduction of the first lollipop-making machine dates back to 1908 when the machine mechanically inserted sticks into the flavored confections
The world's largest-ever lollipop, which was created in the year 2012 in California, was 6-feet-tall. The manufacturer of the lollipop, See's Candies, broke the Guinness World Record for the World's Largest Lollipop that year
Tootsie Roll Industries, which is based out of Chicago, is the largest manufacturer of lollipops yet with a production capacity of 16 million lollipops per day
"That's the story of my life; I always get the fuzzy end of the lollipop."- Marilyn Monroe
"Oh, look at me! I'm making people happy! I'm the Magical Man from Happy-Land, in a gumdrop house on Lollipop Lane! Oh, by the way, I was being sarcastic."- Homer
"Well, we can skip childhood because I didn't have any. Not one goddam moment on the Good Ship Lollipop."- Joan Crawford
"When someone says, "I want a programming language in which I need only say what I want done," give him a lollipop.- Alan Perlis
"I wanted to become a better Snoop Dogg, full of water, proteins and stuff to keep me alive . . . lollipops and Big Macs."- Snoop Dogg
"And they brought an Owl, and a useful Cart, And a pound of Rice, and a CranberryTart, And a hive of silvery Bees. And they brought a Pig, and some green Jack-daws, And a lovely Monkey with lollipop paws, and forty Bottles of Ring-Bo-Ree, And no end of Stilton Cheese."- Edward Lear
Happy National Lollipop day! In this tasty holiday, try out a new out of this world flavor from our list.Pixabay.com
