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Friday, Aug. 20, 2021

Can PEZ candy dispensers be loaded from the bottom with a wrapped candy roll?

Marlo Lee, Lead Stories
no

There's a video on social media that shows you how to load an entire wrapped roll of PEZ from the bottom of the dispenser.

There's only one problem with doing it that way.

"Two solid objects cannot pass through each other," the company says.

The spring is in the way.

Foiled again.

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