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Old 01-15-2018, 12:27 AM
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The first individually wrapped penny candy in America, Tootsie Rolls were invented in 1907 by an Austrian immigrant named Leo Hirschfeld. Hirschfeld named the candy after his daughter Clara, whose nickname was Tootsie.
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