The world's oldest chewing gum is 9000 years old. Recently, archaeologists found three wads of 9000-year-old chewed birch resin on the Swedish island of Orust. For centuries, the ancient Greeks chewed a gummy substance named
Richard Walker holds the world record and 'chomp title', for chewing 135 sticks of bubble gum for 8 hours straight. The total value of the entire chewing gum industry is estimated to be about $19 billion. There are 3.74 trillion sticks of chewing gum made every year.
While early chewing gums were made from tree-based resins and natural waxes, these days, both ingredients are synthetically derived from petrochemicals. In other words, the gum you chew is essentially plastic and rubber.
We can trace the origins of chewing gum back to the Aztecs and the Mayans, who found out about the benefits of using tree resin as gum. They somehow figured out that if you slice the bark in a certain way, then you will get a resin, which when you cook and dry out, it becomes a chewable substance.
Singapore's ban on the sale of chewing gum is possibly the most internationally well-known law in the world. When it first came to light in the early 1990s, it was one of the main things that Western journalists focused on when writing about the city-state.
A Stone Age piece of chewing gum, one of the oldest discovered, has been found by an archaeology student in Finland. The 5000-year-old glob still bears tooth impressions, was made from birch bark tar and looked "just like a dirty piece of modern chewing gum", Sarah Pickin told The Scotsman newspaper.
Although no human remains have been found at the site of Syltholm, archaeologists found a wad of gum from birch pitch. The DNA in the gum was so well preserved that researchers were able to offer a glimpse of the girl who had chewed it and a snapshot of her life.
Scientists have recovered DNA that is nearly 10,000 years old from gum that was chewed by people in Scandinavia during the Mesolithic – or Stone Age – period. This gum was used as glue to make tools – the chewing is believed to have helped make it more pliable and sticky.
The chewing gum ban was implemented to eradicate problems created by chewing-gum litter in public places like cinemas, parks and common areas of housing estates such as lifts, staircases and corridors, as well as the high costs involved to clean up the litter.
Chewing gum for hours on end can cause damage to your teeth and gums. After constant chewing, there can be a buildup of acid that can weaken your enamel, leading to chipping and cracking in the long run.
Fifteen minutes is the maximum time you should chew your gum. Any time over that could result in jaw muscle exhaustion.
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Unlike the vast majority of other foods out there, chewing gum has no expiration date. This may come as a shock to many, but there's actually a fascinating reason behind this. Before we jump into why, let's delve into chewing gum's ancient origins.
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Teeth and bones are frequently the only sources of DNA available for identification of degraded or fragmented human remains.
In summary, pulp and cementum are clearly the most valuable sources of nuclear DNA in the tooth and both these tissues and dentine are good sources of mtDNA. Enamel is important in the preservation of dentine and pulp but is devoid of DNA.
Some of the first chewing gums, made of birch tar and other natural substances, have been preserved for thousands of years, including a 5,700-year-old piece of Stone Age gum unearthed in Denmark.
So it might be a surprise that chewing gum contains plastic. The ingredient know as “gum base” in the list of ingredients in chewing gum is largely made of polyvinyl acetate.
It's important to note that while healthy gums are often a pink color, there can be some pale color around your teeth and that's perfectly normal. Now the pink color can vary depending on your race or ethnicity as certain gums will be darker or lighter than others.
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While old gum may have a less desirable brittle texture, it's still safe to eat. Now you don't have to worry about the possible side effects of old gum. It may feel gross, but it's safe.
What was it about gum he so disliked? For a while after the gum ban was introduced in 1992 it was all foreign journalists wanted to talk about, Lee Kuan Yew complained later, in conversation with US writer Tom Plate. That and caning, as a form of punishment.
The ancient Greeks chewed Mastiche; the ancient Mayans chewed the coagulated sap of the Sapodilla tree; North American Indians chewed the sap from spruce trees. The first commercial chewing gum was made and sold in 1848 by John Bacon Curtis.