How Many Licks It Takes to Get to the Center of a Tootsie Pop

Ever since the classic Tootsie Roll Pop ad ran back in the 60's, people have wondered about the answer to the question, 'How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootise Roll Pop.'  Well, we have the commercial and the answer.

There's a guy who actually licked one side of a Tootsie Roll Pop over and over, and kept track of how many licks it took him to get to the center.  And the answer is . . . 850.  Now you know.