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A Dairy Queen owner in Kansas City invented the iconic drink by mistake in the 1950s. Because his soda fountain was on the fritz, he popped some soda bottles into the freezer to cool them quickly. Customers who loved the icy result requested the sodas that had been in the freezer longer, leading him to create a slushy machine using a car's air conditioner. 7-Eleven licensed the machine and renamed the drink the Slurpee in the mid-'60s.
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