X Over 100,000 tons of bubble gum are chewed each year.

X Over 100,000 tons of bubble gum are chewed each year.
X Sugar accounts for most of the weight (60 percent to 70 percent) of a piece of bubble gum.
X No, swallowed gum does not block or stick to your stomach.
X Dubble Bubble introduced its first fruit flavors -- grape and apple -- in 1944.
X In 1941, Dubble Bubble was packed into ration kits sent to soldiers overseas.
X When Bazooka first introduced its gum, it was called Atom Bubble Gum.
X Johnny Depp, Picasso, King Arthur and Shakespeare have all appeared in Bazooka Joe comics.
X Peanut butter will remove bubble gum from the hair. So will mayonnaise.
X To remove gum from clothing, apply an ice cube to the spot to harden gum, then scrape it off.
X According to lore, Bazooka Joe's eye patch originally was a takeoff on the popular Hathaway shirt advertisements of the '50s.
X You burn 11 calories an hour while chewing gum.
X To blow humongous bubbles, pop several wads of gum and chew several minutes until the sugar is consumed. Sugar isn't elastic, so it will cause your bubble to pop before reaching maximum size.