Mr. Owl says three. What does the rest of the world say:How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop?
It seems the answer depends where you live, according to a few curious tongue-in-cheek sceintific studies conducted across the U.S.
In Indiana, a Purdue group of engineering students invented a licking machine that took 364 licks to get to the center.
A Michigan State chemical engineer required a few more, 411, with his customizable licking machine.
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, junior high students put their own tongues to the test and found an average of 144 licks.
Though the world may never know the answer to this age-old question, locals just might.
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