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7-Eleven Is Celebrating 60 Years of Slurpees with Its Strangest Flavor Yet

Summary by Fast Company
In the late 1950s, Omar Knedlik, a Dairy Queen franchise operator in Kansas, built a frozen beverage machine with parts from an automobile air conditioner. In 1966, 7-Eleven licensed his invention for one of America’s favorite gas station treats: the Slurpee. Sixty years later, Knedlik’s legacy lives on, but with a flavor combination that would likely blow his mind. To celebrate the Slurpee’s diamond anniversary, 7-Eleven released a special birt…

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Fast Company broke the news in New York, United States on Tuesday, June 30, 2026.
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