Wake Up Q

An old commercial question is answered…It’s 850!

A:  How many licks to the center of a Tootsie Pop?

 

Remember the old Tootsie Roll Pop commercials:  “How many licks does it take to get to the tootsie roll center of a Tootsie Pop?”  Well, someone FINALLY figured it out.

There’s a guy who actually licked one side of a Tootsie Roll Pop over and over, and kept track of how many licks it took him to get to the center.  And the answer is . . . 850.  Now you know.

Here’s the classic commercial:

 

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