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“The red-white-and-blue popsicles are the ultimate shorthand Americana — a throwback to the simple days of ice cream trucks, July 4th fireworks and humid summer nights. But after the Bomb Pop came on the market in July 1955, some parents revolted over the symbolism of selling a frozen weapon of war to children.” Bomb Pops, the Kansas City invention that defined American summers and patriotic nostalgia. (Greatest popsicle ever.)

+ During his team’s epic win over Mexico, England’s Jordan Henderson got a yellow card and suffered a serious wrist injury. Even though he didn’t play.