Speaker 1: Hello, Welcome to the Stupid Instrum Minute. I'm your host, KEB. Pound.
Speaker 1: Today we're talking about root beer floats. The root beer
Speaker 1: float was invented by accident or maybe desperation. In August
Speaker 1: eighteen ninety three, Frank J. Wisner, owner of Cripple Creek
Speaker 1: Brewing in Colorado, ran out of cream while serving root beer.
Speaker 1: Looking for a substitute, he scooped vanilla ice cream into
Speaker 1: the glass instead. The combination was an incident hit, and
Speaker 1: he named it the Black Cow. Over time, the drink
Speaker 1: became known as the root beer Float and spread across America,
Speaker 1: becoming the summertime favorite at diners, soda fountains, and backyard cookouts.
Speaker 1: Proof that sometimes the sweetest inventions happen when you're out
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Speaker 1: I'm KEB Pound. This podcast is a production of Unfiltered Studios.
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