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25 sats \ 4 replies \ @Aardvark 24 Feb \ on: What is something humanity won't ever be able to figure out? AskSN
How many licks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie pop.... The world may never know.
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42 sats \ 3 replies \ @NovaRift OP 24 Feb
Toughest one 🤣
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21 sats \ 2 replies \ @Aardvark 24 Feb
If a wise owl can't figure it out, who can?
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52 sats \ 1 reply \ @NovaRift OP 24 Feb
Found it 😉
A "licking machine" designed by Purdue engineering students averaged 341 licks to the center. A similar experiment at the University of Michigan landed on 411 as the magic number. Students at Bellarmine University in Louisville used human subjects and looked at additional factors such as gender and candy color to get to a final number; they found that an orange Tootsie Pop takes an average of 148 licks to consume, while a grape pop averages 198 licks.
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/61622/scientists-calculate-number-licks-get-center-tootsie-pop
... “We started to test it, and it’s hard. Resisting the temptation to just bite into one is tough,” Ristroph admitted. 🤣
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Aardvark 24 Feb
A "licking machine"
Stopped reading there... add to cart.
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