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- Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying
- Different materials were used for chewing before gum was invented. The Greeks used mastic tree resin; the Italians, frankincense; the West Indians, aromatic twigs; the Arabs, beeswax
- Chewing gum used to be made of paraffin wax
- The gum we know today was created by Thomas Adams. The interesting fact was that it was made from Sapodilla tree sap (chicle) while Thomas was looking for a cheaper alternative to rubber, but was unable to refine the chicle. Instead he turned them into chewing gum
- Chewing gum is banned in Singapore
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