National Ice Cream Day means free cones

Maddie Burakoff and Saeed Ahmed, CNN
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by Maddie Burakoff and Saeed Ahmed, CNN

I scream, you scream — well, you know the rest.

Americans will have an excuse Sunday to dig into their favorite flavors of ice cream, as the country celebrates National Ice Cream Day.

We’ve got the scoop on all your biggest ice cream-related questions, including where to score a free cone.

Where did ice cream come from?

Our love for ice cream goes way, way back. Thousands of years ago, people around the world figured out that cold + sweet = a delicious combo.

Records show that some of history’s most famous leaders enjoyed cold treats, from Roman Emperor Nero to Alexander the Great. Even King Solomon was fond of “a snow-cooled drink at harvest time,”