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Monday Sep 19, 2005

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+---------------- Bizarre Chewing Gum Facts ----------------+

Even our most primitive ancestors engaged in recreational
chewing. Along with human bones and other prehistoric
artifacts, archaeologists at some sites have discovered well-
chewed wads of tree resin.

Clove gum was one of America's most popular flavors during
Prohibition; patrons of speakeasies used it to hide the smell
of alcohol on their breath.

The first bubble gum was invented by Frank Fleer in 1906 -
but never made it to the market. It was so sticky that the
only way to remove it from skin was with vigorous scrubbing
and turpentine.

Why is bubble gum pink? Pink was the only food coloring on
the shelf the day the first commercial batch of Dubble
Bubble was made.

New York Central Railroad once employed a full-time gum
removal man to clean discarded gum from Grand Central Station.
He harvested an average of seven pounds a night. The wad grew
to fourteen pounds on holiday weekends.

On June 3, 1965, the Gemini IV astronauts chewed gum in outer
space. And according to NASA, when the astronauts were
finished with the gum they swallowed it.

[From The Whole Pop Catalog]


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VIEW 4 of 4 COMMENTS
abyssia:
I wonder why the astronauts didn't just stick the gum to the bottom of their spaceship...
Sep 21, 2005
thejuanupsman:
I think that just might be the worst job ever. Or at least in the bottom 10.
Sep 26, 2005

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