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Podcast: Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson
Episode: Omar Kneidlik And The ICEE Made Summer A Lot Cooler
Description: We’re in the heat of summer, and here’s the story of a guy who's helped millions cool down: Omar Knedlik, the inventor of the ICEE. Plus: today in 1924, actor Don Knotts was born in Morgantown, West Virginia. The town pays tribute to its famous resident with a statue downtown.
Remembering Omar Knedlik, the Rural Kansas Man Who Invented the ICEE (Kansas Public Radio)
Don Knotts Statue (Atlas Obscura)
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