Does your chewing gum lose its flavour on the bedpost overnight?

Yum, yum, chewing gum. Your Editor is kidding. People with TMJ (temporal-mandibular joint syndrome) should not chew gum. It leads to jaw pain. The rest of you: enjoy.

What do you know about this maddeningly fun recreational non-food?

1. Who invented chewing gum?
2. Why were the first commercial gums pink?
3. What record was set on 19 July 1994 by Susan Montgomery Williams of Fresno, California?
4. Why should you chew gum while preparing food?
5. Why was the 1906 product Blibber Blubber unsuccessful?
6. Who spread chewing gum around the planet?
7. How long does it take chewing gum to dissolve in your stomach?
8. Will chewing gum make you smarter?
9. Why did chewing gum become so popular in the US in the 1920s?
10. What was the problem with chewing gum in the Soviet Union before 1976?

Did that give you something to chew on? Check the answers by clicking on the picture below.

Dmitri Gheorgheni

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