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Photo of the Day: Going Bananas in Pennsylvania

A weekend of festivities is planned to surround the dedication of a Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission marker to be dedicated Friday, Aug. 23 that acknowledges apprentice pharmacist David E. Strickler for inventing the banana split there in 1904.

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(AP) — In this photo made on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013, Joe Greubel wears a straw hat and striped vest as he poses with a banana split sundae made at his Valley Dairy store in Latrobe, Pa.

A weekend of festivities is planned to surround the dedication of a Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission marker to be dedicated Friday, Aug. 23 that acknowledges apprentice pharmacist David E. Strickler for inventing the banana split there in 1904. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)