Chewing Gum
From sweet to mint, bubblegum is a popular treat around the world. Ask questions about this confectionery here, including what happens when you swallow a piece of gum. (It's not what you think!)
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Emily CrossThe inventor was Thomas Adams.
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Milestones: 1848 John Curtis made and sold the first commercial chewing gum called Maine Pure Spruce Gum. 1850,Curtis started...
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Congratulations! Brushing your teeth, chewing gum and for some men (if working outdoors) chewing on a toothpick. Also I buy...
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I recommend that any chewing gum that have Xylitol in it! Chewing gum really helps to clean out your teeth and make your breath...
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Some people concentrate better when they have something that is slightly distracting going on -- like chewing gum, tapping their...
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It is only available in Russia.
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The 5 gum wrapper is pretty cool.
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Chewing gum was invented to freshen the breath and clean the teeth.
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Because "It's So Good It Hurts".
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You won't find pork in chewing gum that you find at your local store. If it had pork in it, Jewish people (And others who follow...
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Although chewing gum is intended to be chewed and not swallowed, it isn't harmful if swallowed. An old wives' tale suggests that...
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Partially because they knew that Americans tend to "party" on Saturday night and that they would not be at their posts on Sunday...
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While I would think it to be best not to swallow it because it does resist complete digestion, in 95% of individuals it is...
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it can help. it is whats known as replacing a bad habit with a good one. when you quit a bad habit, you have to replace it with a...
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Anything with calories is potentially fattening. If the gum has calories, yes, it's potentially fattening.but it doesn't make a...
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as you chew the gum all sugars are released and makes the mass go down
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It's because when the guy who invented bubble gum invented bubble gum, the only color he had was pink. And ever since then, no...
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chewing gum does improves memory, in fact, it is scienticly proven. aparently, it helps concentracion by entertaining the mind so...
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No. http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/chewgum.htm
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Gum is meant to be chewed and not swallowed.The food that we eat is digested by our bodies and used to keep us healthy. Gum...
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YES! Go to your dentist immediately! The dentist will put you on antibiotics and if possible try to drain the abscess. I feel...
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By using peanut butter or frezzing the gum with ice cubes
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yes there is a niccotine which helps people stop smoking
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Pretty sure it is Singapore
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The gum might loose it's flavor because you are getting used to the flavor.
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you can buy it at target, cvs, walmart,ect... basically any store that sells mulitiple chewing gum.
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The easiest way is not to chew bubblegum in the first place but when you decide to chew Hubba Bubba and you wind up with a gob of...
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the sour apple flavor lasts longest
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There have been many controversies about if chewing gum really affects the brain cells. In reality, we can't really know for...
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you shouldn't because its a sticky mess if it falls out of your mouth and people want to put in under their desk and if they put...
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chill the onions before cuttin it
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No gum is actually made of different natural ingriedients and one of them is vegetable oil, but NONE ARE MADE OF HORSES. p.s no...
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Aspartame is a low cal sweetener used ion "diet" products. it is used because it is about 200 times sweeter than sugar. The FDA...
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All Wrigley gums are brushed with a rolling powder before they are encased in the foil wrappers that keep them fresh. On our...
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No. It's sweetened with Aspartame.
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Packed tight, Kept right.
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Can you? Yes you can, though it is no suggested.
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Nothing, everything is gross in gum
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inogen extreme or your mama tester or bubble gum or tummy wummyies and stupid hannah Lechner
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I have to say that Wrigley's Juicy Fruit or Big Red have the longest lasting flavors. Also, you get the best value by getting...
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there is a lot of bad and good benefits about gum first it can tear cartilage and most gum is sugar free and if it is sugar free...
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add some PB and it will.
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gum is made stretchy because of polymer bonds. some gum is stretchier then other, for example bubbleicious is stretchier then...
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In Singapore it is illegal to chew gum. Singapore forbids any importation of gum that is not for medical purposes.
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The main difference between chewing gum and bubble gum is the gum base that they are made of. Bubble gum has a firmer and more...
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No, it just depends how much flavor is put in it by the makers and that is decided by the satisfaction of costumers.
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After he was defeated by the Americans in Texas, Mexican General Santa Anna was exiled to New York. Like many of his countrymen,...
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what type of gum blows the biggest bubble is sugar free Hubba Bubba. Yeah its a shocker aient it. I thought it was sugared...
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You can make chewing gum bubbles by stretching it over your tongue and blowing into the space between your tongue and the gum....
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Some flavours of Trident gum are not suitable for vegetarians because they contain gelatin or glycerin. You'll have to check the...
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Many labs contain toxic substances. Eating, drinking, or chewing gum would increase the probability that you might ingest a...
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chewing gum does not help your mind at all because it looks like a brain and you're killing it.
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Well, just don't do anything, because it just comes out pretty much the same as it did. Nothing else.
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they are blowing bubbles
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It takes a total of 7 years or more. Sometimes it takes longer due to the fact that it can get stuck or, you might poop it out.
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No. But many schools introduce rules to prohibit it. Besides until you are 18 you don't really have all of your rights yet.It is...
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its by raffi
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Mint chewing gum actually warms up your mouth temperature by about 3 degrees, while a chemical reaction takes place that makes...
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Ingredients:made of: sorbitol, gum base, glycerol, mannitol, natural and artificial flavors, less than 2% of hydrogenated starch...
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They smack, blow bubbles, it's distracting to other students, and they don't focus
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Rockford, Illinois. Read the history on the web page.See the link below.
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they both last the same time
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Chewing gum actually makes you hungrier because you're tricking your stomach into getting ready to digest food when actually...
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You can buy it at most grocery store checkstands. Also, all mini marts have it in their gum section. I have no idea what it is. I...
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because the sound, and it hurts your jaw, also is well its the way people chew it if you chew it wildly its really annoying but...
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it has to much siliva in it
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she might like you but some girls just flurt a lot and don't really mean it. In your case it really could go either way, but if...
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The ancient Greeks chewed Mastiche, the ancient Mayans chewed chicle, and North American Indians chewed the sap from spruce...
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It sounds as though you are becoming the other woman despite being the wife.
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You can tell when it gum coming out when you have a hard time getting it out.
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Well think of it like this, if you chew the gum noxiously it disturbs classroom students. Also the Teachers are not trustworthy...
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The original Trident gum was made to contain three enzymes which were thought to soften dental tartar, so the name Trident comes...
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because when you blow it makes a bubble.................................duh.......................
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no chewing gum is made of a juice of a plant.
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i personally think that it tastes like all of the stride flavours mixed together into gum because you can taste the berry and the...
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Yes, because when chewing gum your body is sending electrical pulses telling your to digest your food.
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Stride is a brand of chewing gum created by Cadbury Adams; a confectionery company based in Uxbridge, London, United Kingdom. It...
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yes. apparently, it entertains the mind without distracting itself; preventing the mind from entertaining itself in a distracting...
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There are many choices in my case they are hubba bubba, juicy fruit n orbit
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