1. Ancient lollipops were made with honey. Long before sugar factories existed, ancient Greeks, Egyptians, and Romans dipped sticks into honeycombs to gather honey so they could enjoy a sweet treat without getting sticky hands!

2. The modern name came from a racehorse. Candy maker George Smith named the modern lollipop after his favorite famous racehorse from the early 1900s, who was named "Lolly Pop."

3. Dum Dums got their name because it was easy to say. In 1924, an executive at the Akron Candy Company named these famous lollipops "Dum Dums" because he thought the name was super simple for young kids to remember and pronounce!

4. A mechanical owl helped test the Tootsie Pop mystery. While the classic TV owl took three licks before biting into a Tootsie Pop, engineering students at Purdue University built a robotic licking machine that calculated it actually takes an average of 364 licks to reach the center!

5. Doctors used lollipops as secret medicine. In the early 1900s, doctors and pharmacists coated medicine in hard sugar on a stick to make it taste much better for sick kids, giving rise to modern throat-soothing pops.

6. They have their own official holiday. Lollipop lovers celebrate National Lollipop Day every year on July 20th, honoring the world's favorite candy-on-a-stick!

7. The world's largest lollipop weighed as much as an elephant. In 2012, See's Candies created a massive chocolate-flavored giant lollipop in California that weighed a whopping 7,001 pounds (over 3,100 kg)!