" ¢ " Chewing gingiva may be a $ 19 billion manufacture , but it ’s not a universally accepted recitation . Chewing gum is a crime in Singapore , and , in 15th - century Meso - America , it was the scratch of a prostitute . " And how !
" ¢Â Early conceptions of masticate mucilage got a boost from a former Mexican President looking to return to great power and get the investment firm to do so by re - inventing arubber substitute , which explain a pot of thing .
" ¢Â Unfortunately , the first " gingiva " stuck to the case - so much so that it had to be removed by turpentine ( yikes ) . house of cards Gum as we know it was forge in 1928 , by Walter Diemer , an controller at Fleer Chewing Gum Company . He develop a convention that did n’t stick to the nerve and had enough elasticity to blow bubble . Pink was the colour on bridge player for the first pot and so it has doth sacredly remained .
" ¢Â The process ofmaking gumis probably really hard to comprehend , but this cool animation breaks it down in round-eyed price .
" ¢ So what really happen when youswallow your gum ? Does it sit undigested in your gut until you die ? Or does it elementary pass on through ?
" ¢Â If you ca n’t swallow chewing gum , by George , what are you to do with it ? Well you may rate it in the shrine ofBubble Gum Alley , or Philadelphia’sGum Tree(actually it was shorten down in 2008 … BUT … ) .
" ¢Â Whatever you do , just do n’t spit your gum tree out in Singapore , where chewing gum is against the practice of law ( although they do allow Nicotine gingiva thanks to Rep. Philip Crane from Illinois … the menage of Wrigley ) who apply force per unit area to lifting the forbiddance as part of a gratuitous barter concord .
" ¢ That might change one day , however , since the firstbiodegradable gumis set up to be introduced this year ( though I would n’t urge skewer it freely ) .
" ¢Â peradventure gumwood ’s not all bad - after all , some claim that it improvesconcentration . It also has a place innational history .
" ¢ Gum is often associate with Baseball . Since magnetic inclination and chew is often frowned upon by teams , some player manducate chewing gum instead . And somemixthe two together - ew .
" ¢ Finally , for those of you who have n’t gotten a honest night ’s sleep since asking yourself this question : how didBazooka Joelose his right eye ?
" ¢ I once had a teacher swear that in the time to come the Surgeon General would banish mucilage for stimulate jaw problems . So far so good on that front . What kind of gum is your favorite , Flossers ? Do you in the main manducate it for the minty tasty or get a big pink peck to blow into a house of cards ?
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