<P> Some stores redeemed lollipop wrappers with the "shooting star" (bearing an image of a child dressed as a Native American aiming a bow and arrow at a star) for a free sucker . This was clearly up to the store owner and not driven by the lollipop manufacturer . One convenience store in Iowa City, Iowa, for example, gave candy away when the children asked . Also, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Osco Drug used to give children free suckers for star wrappers . In 1994, the owner of Dan's Shortstop told a reporter that when he first opened children came by often, but after a while, he said he had to stop giving things away . Giveaways also occurred in Chico, California, where a 7 - Eleven store manager in the Pleasant Valley area, said she had to stop because it had become too expensive . Since 1982, Tootsie Roll Industries has been distributing a "consolation prize", the short story, The Legend of the Indian Wrapper, to children who mail in their Indian star wrappers . </P> <P> A student study at the University of Cambridge concluded that it takes 3,481 licks to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop . Another study by Purdue University concluded that it takes an average of 364 licks to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop using a "licking machine", while it takes an average of 252 licks when tried by 20 . Yet another study by the University of Michigan concluded that it takes 411 licks to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop . A 1996 study by undergraduate students at Swarthmore College concluded that it takes a median of 144 licks (range 70--222) to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop . Nolan Walker personally found that it takes 1,139 licks as documented in a home experiment on December, 1997 . Harvard Grad students created a rotating mechanical tongue and concluded it took 2255 licks . It took 2256 licks on one attempt for a normal raspberry Tootsie Pop to get the center showing . YouTube star Ryan Higa found out that it took 700 licks to get to the center of the Tootsie Pop . </P> <P> In 2014, the Tribology Laboratory at the University of Florida published a study examining the coupled effects of biology, corrosion, and mechanical agitation on the wear of Tootsie Roll Pops . Self reported wear data from 58 participants was used in conjunction with statistical analysis of actual lollipop cross-sectional information in a numerical simulation to compute the average number of licks required to reach the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Roll Pop . The number of licks required to reach the center, based on equatorial cross-section data, was found to be nearly independent of the licking style with the one - sided approach requiring 195 ± 18 licks and the full - surface approach requiring 184 ± 33 . Detailed examination of the lollipops indicates that the minimum candy shell thickness is rarely (if ever) located along the equator . Using the global minimum distance resulted in a calculated 130 ± 29 licks to reach the center, independent of licking style . </P> <Ul> <Li> Chocolate </Li> <Li> Orange </Li> <Li> Raspberry </Li> <Li> Grape </Li> <Li> Cherry </Li> <Li> Lemon (discontinued but reintroduced 2015) </Li> </Ul>

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