Who Invented Chewing Gum?

[@surprisedchar2458]

I like the idea that the Aztecs chewed on tree blood. It’s far too perfect.

[@ARIXANDRE]

I've always dreamed of one of those Willy Wonka gums that NEVER lose flavor.

[@In_The_80s]

Or the everlasting gobstoper!

[@FemboyHasu]

mastika is supposedly forever gum

[@jessekonrad4635]

Trident commercial before this video had to be the best targeted ad I’ve seen on KZbin yet

[@matteframe]

You still watch commercials?

[@3nertia]

What commercial? xD

[@Cionaoith]

KZbin has ads?

[@vservo1149]

New to the internet. Welcome

[@mateoguzmansubiria1749]

In many Spanish speaking countries we do call chewing gum "chicle"

[@EmiQ81385]

a huevo! haha 😜

[@Kenxclout]

My teacher said, "Are you chewing gum?" I said, "Do I look like chewing gum to you?"

[@highlandoutsider]

You consistently make me chuckle at terrible jokes, if there was ever a draft for The Comment Section All Stars you'd be one of ma 1st picks 👍 lol

[@Zeldahol]

I worked in a pizza shop until 4 in the morning for a few years. The customers would say, "Can you call me a taxi?" I would reply with, "You're a taxi."

[@RichieK2005]

I need to try this.

[@CliffordChang-v8c]

I want to like your comment but it's at 69 likes

[@smittenwerbenjagermanjense1268]

Instant detention

[@highlandoutsider]

Top tip, if it loses its flavour, a lil pinch of sugar will bring it back, it's something to do with the flavour being tied to the sugar which disappears quick and addin more kicks it back in, learnt that on Richard and Judy years back lol

[@maneoj46]

Wished I knew that before tossing out all that fruit striped gum

[@jobe2301]

But ..... why lol Spit it out and chew a new piece 😂

[@quasi-intellecual3790]

@@jobe2301 What if you don’t have any gum left?

[@juliestevens6931]

My grandfather used to grow oats for his dairy cows and my mom and her siblings would strip a ripe head of oats off the stalk and chew on that (during the depression there wasn't much money for things like gum).

[@موسى_7]

How is area you?

[@juliestevens6931]

@@موسى_7 If you are asking about my area and Hurricane Dorian, we are ok for now. I am farther north than its target area. For now.

[@killdozer3739]

When I was younger I would get wheat seeds from the fields and chew them they would turn too gum as well.

[@zappawench6048]

Interesting!

[@TheIdeasGuy]

kill dozer me too! I always loved the taste and texture of wheat seeds.

[@ooooneeee]

May be the gluten giving it that texture when chewed.

[@jameswoffinden9215]

Your comment makes me think about Matthew 12:1 “At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick some heads of grain and eat them.” Does anyone know what raw wheat tastes like? Would it turn to gum?

[@M0LHA]

I have exactly no idea how you (and team) are able to constantly produce interesting and unique videos, I can't think of another channel which goes to such lengths. Good work

[@AmericasUntoldStories]

America's Untold Stories

[@darreljones8645]

The Cubs' connection with the Wrigley family remains strong, even after they sold the team. They still play their home games in Wrigley Field, the oldest major-league baseball stadium in the USA.

[@darreljones8645]

@Ken Hudson No, I just think he's calling baseball stadiums "gay bars".

[@GaliadelaRosa]

In Guadalajara you can buy chicle based chewing gum shaped like a donkey as a gift

[@Kenxclout]

What is a scientist's favorite type of gum? ex-spearmint!

[@6stringgunner511]

VERY funny. MY son loves your humor. Thanks 😊. Have a great weekend and be safe out there.

[@zappawench6048]

Take your thumbs up, but go and sit in the corner and think about what you've done.

[@highlandoutsider]

Lmao, again

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

*_HOW IT FEELS TO CHEW 5 GUMS..._*

[@Soopmadeofbeans]

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh! New 5 gum Stimulate your senses

[@Melissa0774]

I just tried natural chicle gum last week. It's a lot softer and lighter than than the artificial stuff. You almost have to be careful not to accidentally swallow it because it's so soft. The flavor also last a lot longer and it doesn't get that gross stale taste that other gums get, once it loses its flavor.

[@xlipsyalicex]

Hi I wasn't sure how to contact you but I have a suggestion for a video Follow you on KZbin ans watch many of your videos I really enjoy them I wondered if you can do a video on where the happy birthday song originates from? Thanks for the hard work you put into your videos really enjoyed this one and all the videos I watch from you thanks

[@jeremycole1341]

alice-laura I second this

[@ktkat1949]

In 1893 two Kentucky sisters invented the song and lyrics to be sung to one of the sisters' kindergarten class.

[@itarry4]

Go to their Web page at todayifoundout.com and hit the contact link there's an email for making suggestions etc. Fairly sure they've covered this a bit in a bonus fact or something but can't remember where, seen far too many videos. However it may well be on one of Simons other channels.

[@GintokiGod]

Congrats on 2 million subscribers! Been watching TIFO since 500k! Hope to see you gain another 2 million, you deserve it ❤️

[@edward2364]

Thank you so much I appreciate the kind words

[@TheBarracuda]

Zebra stripe gum! Amazing flavor for 30 seconds!

[@NineteenHand]

30 seconds? Did you put the whole pack in your mouth to get it to last that long?

[@Mantis_Toboggan_TrashMan]

Using gum to fund a revolution? Life is stranger than fiction.

[@ZENMASTERME1]

“I’m here to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and I’m all out of bubblegum” Nada A.k.a. Roddy Piper. They Live 🍿 🎥

[@jezeski2011]

Mis-quoted - It should be “I'm here to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and I’m all out of bubblegum.” You were very close though and I give you credit for both knowing an obscure reference to an awesome, lesser-known film and not being afraid to share it. Kudos friend. Have an awesome day.

@@jezeski2011 Let's not not also forget the quote was reused for Duke Nukem.

[@jezeski2011]

@ That I wouldn't know, never seen it.

[@LickMyMusketBallsYankee]

@@jezeski2011 Duke Nukem is an old game series, similar to DOOM. (I think it was originally a clone). But unlike DOOM it didn't get a critically acclaimed HD addtion in the series. The latest Duke Nukem game, called Duke Nukem Forever (2010), had been in development hell for over ten years- and the final product was a cheap, crude, overly low brow game with a stereotypical 90s protagonist that obviously didn't fit today's pop culture. Since the game was such a dated failure I don't think they're doing anything new with the series.

[@jezeski2011]

@@LickMyMusketBallsYankee That explains why I didn't know about it; I was never that big into video games. Thanks for the info, though.

[@charlesstebbins7207]

The #1 flavor of bubble gum in America: Spearmint. The #1 flavor of dental floss in America: Bubble Gum. You figure it out.

[@موسى_7]

Only two likes including mine?

[@StigDesign]

0:38 Yes Pine&Spruce was used by Nordic Contry`s both as gum but alsoe for Scar`s and Wound it has also been boiled and added sugar to make it more sweet(the yellow/light brown sirup sticky thing) :) i think it also has been used as sort of glue. Birch is more like tea also Pine& spruce needle was and still is good to boil and drink as tea lotts of C-Vitamines :D

[@ashkitt7719]

StigDesign1 Send me some of your Nordic chewing gum

[@zappawench6048]

How about a Biographics on Karen Carpenter? Pretty please? Some people might be unaware that she was a very talented drummer, and that she recorded a solo album which her family forbade her to release (it was slightly risque and her family didn't want to spoil her wholesome image).

[@joebeard4498]

No one wants to hear their daughter banging

[@Pokemanic33]

That gum you like is going to come back in style.

[@erniemiller1953]

In the mid 1970s, Bubblicious and Bubble Yum were competitors. Someone spread the rumor that Bubblicious had spider webs in it. If you pulled a piece of Bubblicious apart, it looked like little web strands, but was sugar, like cotton candy. Bubblicious nearly stopped being made. They had to drop the price so far it made almost no money. Bubble Yum, however, raised prices. They kept raising prices so much that people stopped buying it. Then, gum makers started selling gum for fresh breath and the two competitors got left in the dust. The final move was that these two changed their recipes. They were smaller pieces and more rubbery. We who once blew 18" bubbles by eating a whole pack no longer got the joy since 5" was as big as the new recipes can do, no matter how many packs we shoved in our mouths.

[@christelheadington1136]

Does your chewing gum lose it's flavor on the bedpost overnight?

[@موسى_7]

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory? The book I mean?

[@christelheadington1136]

@@موسى_7 -No a song, from the 60's ."Does Your Chewing Gum Lose it's Flavor On the Bedpost Overnight" by Lonnie Donnagan (I think that's how it's spelled.)

[@christelheadington1136]

@@موسى_7 -It's Donegan, I looked it up it's on You Tube. {"1961 Billboord" is the version that was popular in the US. ) It's silly & funny.

[@randomguy-hc7pv]

Can you do a video on some black inventors

[@giannisc.5254]

Why does their skin colour matter ? An inventor should be celebrated regardless of origin or race.

[@GraemeWight-wx3xz]

During the Allied occupation of Germany in the immediate years after the 2nd great war the city urchins would pick the discarded already masticated gum to "remint and repackage" often in quite good representation of the original and sell them back to allied soilders. A similar caper involved old dog ends.

[@BenjaminBroekhuizen]

"Gum is everywhere" ... Except where it's illegal to sell, such as in Singapore (with the exception of nicotine gum).

[@itarry4]

But don't drop it on the floor as the fines etc are well high. Seems to work though as apparently Singapore is extremely clean.

[@Ninatic]

Finland still going hard at the gum traditions, foreign fake sugary gum still amazes me. Has to be xylitol.

[@thirstfast1025]

I know when I see something oozing out of a tree I try chewing it...

[@AdityaGupta-iy9md]

Hey ,love your vids

[@bryanpaulmyers03]

Love the content! Keep up the good work!

[@socialus5689]

Answering questions i didn't even know i wanted answered

[@inisipisTV]

"Veeeery Wrigley!"

[@pikeman80]

As a kid i loved Spruce Gum. Pull a hunk of it off the tree in the morning and eight hours later it hadn't lost any of its flavour. Got really tough over time, though.

[@luzcaicedo3580]

I find it's really fascinated thank you cuz I used to eat Chiclets when I lived in Colombia..

[@mdmjeremiah]

You left me hanging with this video. I was waiting on you to give us a list of gum brands that still use chicle. Not even in the bonus facts. But don't worry, I won't chew you out for it. 😜

[@tciesla]

Try having been educated in a Catholic School in the 59's thru the 60's where gum chewing was considered abhorrent, to this day I don't chew gum! LOL

[@tomservo5007]

you chew gum in public ?

[@tciesla]

@@tomservo5007 Never, not even in private!

[@XMooseManX]

First line is “Jenkum is everywhere”??!! DONT DO JENKUM PEOPLE!

[@XMooseManX]

Garrett McGinnis rail some Cherokee chicks on the trail of beers

[@PsychoStreak]

Starts off with a picture of Fruit Stripe Gum. Stabbing me with nostalgia.

[@colinp2238]

My dad used to call chewing gum elephant snot to dissuade us from chewing it, and in my case it worked.

[@موسى_7]

My cousin showed me a picture of a big fat red guy to stop me eating doritos with her sisters when I was five. Let's say I still hate doritos, cheese, ketchup, condiments, junk food, and spicy food to this day...

[@jeantemple2781]

Chewing on tree bark might have been Willow bark where you get salicin, or Salicylic acid the basis for Aspirin

[@thagodwecreate5179]

and fun fact: Bayer synthesized Aspirin and Heroin at around the same time (?1898?) and found Heroin to have greater analgesic properties (and the faux-dopamine rich euphoria associated with it made the user feel heroic, hence the name) so they pushed it as a non-addictive painkiller for decades while Aspirin mostly sat on the shelf. That was until it was proven to cause rampant addiction and Aspirin finally got it's time to shine. Almost 100 years later the pharm companies did the same exact thing with oxycodone. The more you know.

[@barrywerdell2614]

When I was young there was a brand of gum called Chicklets.

[@darganx]

They're still going, many flavours.

[@MelB868]

I think chicklits still exists

[@lazymonkey2586]

www.wikiwand.com/en/Pistacia_lentiscus I would say "gum tree" would be how it started, but for sure there may be alternatives.

[@ARKINHK]

I live between Hong Kong and Singapore and immediately thought: Nope. Not in SG where Chewing Gum (disgusting BTW) is not available.

[@jj8998]

I'm eating gum as I watch this. Makes it more satisfying for sum reason.

[@luissantiago5163]

Neato. Nice to learn something new

[@SaraMakesArt]

I used to love chewing gum as a kid, but I can't remember the last time I had it. I had one of those gumball bowls at one time that I would take from freely. They were really tasty and I always enjoyed that first bite.

[@kai223noa6]

So that's where we got Chiclets from.

[@sheranlanger247]

From the thumbnail, I thought the answer was going to be: Spike Milligan 😂😂

[@bungeechord1]

But will it stick to the bottom of a desk? Chew on that!

[@ericprzybyl9227]

The best thing to come out of Maine

[@rockclimbing3844]

Holy hell. Good video

[@adventureguy4119]

Grandmas favorite gift to give me a Diet Coke and or some gum

[@XMooseManX]

Please do a video on the time a hippo escaped from lion country safari in irvine (near Disneyland) California and led the police on a 5 day stand off in laguna canyon.

[@ERosesDad]

Hey Simon, would you do an episode on caduceus and rod of asclepius in the role of becoming symbols of medicine? Like why did the caduceus become more prevalent as a symbol of medicine if its arguably not correct?

[@rikksashquat5579]

when Santa Ana was exiled to New Jersey he shared the leaves with his neighbor and they marketed the first commercial gum Black Jack

[@00goop43]

"I came here to kick gum and chew ass, and I'm all out of ass." -Dick Kickem

[@nobbie01]

As a child I lived in a town near a chicle plantation. The factory was close to town too and we even toured it in elementary school. The smell at the factory is REALLY terrible haha Also near an area that had a few sugarcane plantations. The factory also smelled bad, but not as bad as the chicle factory :P

[@aseequlkhan2832]

Try to sell it in Singapore!!

[@ehrldawg]

A question ive always wondered,especially since ive heard many versions.

[@dknwx]

Thanks, on spot as always :p

[@erbjosh]

It’s funny when I pressed on this video I was chewing gum!

[@r.jclark4641]

Chewing on gum while watching this lol

[@kevin7rxxx346]

Adams Chicle! Appropriate that now it is the most popular gum in Mexico and Latin America or Ameriker as Simon says 🤭

[@TonyToneFixMyPhone]

Hey, why sometimes is the light on in the background and sometimes not? And where did the human skull go?

[@codyjones8719]

LOL Fruit Stripe, is that still even a thing?

[@FTCSD]

That's really interesting about prostitutes chewing gum. That carried all the way into the 21st century. Always see it when people try and depict someone slutty or seductive

[@MaxTrash01]

You should start using the I icon to link the videos you mention.

[@nimblehealer199]

Bubblegum is not sold in any Disney Park.

[@amalzuhair4495]

Can you do a video about snuff films and whether they exist or not?

[@woody2066]

All the times Santa Anna was president could be their own video tbh. If what my teachers have told me is true that guy was a mess

[@conmanreloaded4249]

Personal thing but I absolutely hate the sound of obnoxious open mouth gum chewing and snapping gum so I can’t wait to see who made that possible.

[@jk-76]

Prostitutes.lol It makes me actually angry when someone breaks the silence with that level of narcissism.

[@emotrxnny666]

So before grindr they chewed gum

[@flakeyboy509torres5]

Interesting

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

This video seems chewy at best.

[@seanbaugh3239]

*Today I Found Out :* Why who smelt it dealt it !!! *The More You Know🌈🌟* *"NUFF SAID"*

[@rjperkins365]

Sounds like Frued was around during Aztec

[@EmiQ81385]

what i hate is how gum commercials always makes it seem like chewing gum is some magical and wonderful feeling. anyways, hubba bubba was my favorite gum as a kid. Especially loved the crazy flavors they had. Like cherry cola, that was my absolute favorite. Now I prefer any minty or peppermint flavored. i do not like fruity flavored gum.

[@KneeDeepInTheDead81]

Whistley boi!

[@ericprzybyl9227]

The only thing to come from Maine

[@zacharymorin5696]

Eric Przybyl What about earmuffs and toothpicks?

[@useitwice]

Ooh, Chicklets..! Got it now :)

[@potatomatop9326]

Would you buy a chewing gum that has infinite taste for 9 billion dollars?

[@billd.iniowa2263]

Ah, A subject you can really get your teeth into.

[@kknives36]

Biographics on Santa Anna when?

[@LadyWhinesalot]

"cheek clay" 😁 (closed captions)

[@LadyWhinesalot]

@Ken Hudson watch the closed captions

[@lawlrd6655]

Well now i have to know what the juice in juicy fruit is lol Edit: You mentioned it, then proceeded to link different videos

[@bronwynecg]

Ahhhhhhhh brings back childhood memories of stuffing entire packs of Big Red into the mouth 😂😂😂 #cinnamonchallengehipster

[@kingjames4886]

alfred gumme.

[@dirtywhiteboy4963]

Wrigleys gum was my favorite ,......now you cannot find it made with sugar,....only aspartame or part of each. sugar is cheap,real cheap and im guessing that aspartame is a hell of a lot cheaper. try and find gum with only sugar in it ,it takes some time! and the nasty taste associated with it..........poison !

[@sirsavagethe21st56]

Got it to 1k likes

[@cory7328]

Let’s chew on this for a while.

[@sarreqteryx]

chick-el, not chick-lay

[@mangot589]

I hate gum. I hate watching/listening to people chewing it, like cud, and then they’re kind enough to throw it on the ground, or stick it anywhere they want. It’s completely gross.

[@steveshoemaker6347]

My last wife said she liked chewing.......Huuuuu......Gum.?

[@shawnd1966]

Spitting gum out on concrete is disgusting. My kids brand new school already had no less than 3 spots on day one 🤮

[@margaretmathis4775]

Now wondering if this where Chicklets gum got its name......?

[@slipperywhenwet4306]

I did

[@thagodwecreate5179]

I chew psilocybin 🍄

[@jeffglenn7609]

South american indians chewed chickle for thousand of yrs.