What are some facts about chewing gum?

Chewing gum does help u concentrate, and it's very helpful to eat it during test! My teacher used to give me gum when I was like 10 years old, she said it helped in tests.

.the average American chews about 300 sticks of gum in a year.

. Some people say that chewing gum while cutting onions keeps you from " crying " I am not sure if that is true

.if you swallow gum, it does not take seven years to digest.

. Chewing gum for 1 hour makes you lose 11 calories!

Chewing gum is a type of gum made of chicle, a natural latex product, or synthetic rubber known as polyisobutylene (say that five times fast!)

Chewing gum in various forms has existed since at least 5,000 years ago during the Neolithic period.

5,000-year-old chewing gum with tooth imprints, made of bark tar, has been found in Kierikki, Yli-Ii, Finland

It's a myth that it takes you 7 years to digest it. It usually isn't digested at all but is pushed along through your stomach by the muscles and other food in your gut

If you chew it (or bread) while chopping onions you won't cry

It's very unhealthy because its made from plastic and if swallowed can cause heart disease x

it's made of latex (from the rubber tree) nd it causes TMJ. (Tubular muscular joint)

You put it in your mouth lol