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The Founding of a Chewing Gum Empire: Wrigley and His Freebies (2017x81)
Date de diffusion: Avr 05, 2017
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In this video:
Gum is everywhere. It could be in someone’s pocket, in a woman’s purse, underneath a classroom’s desk or lining the checkout lines at the local grocery store. Or it could be in a person’s mouth- teeth chomping away on a stick that rapidly loses its flavor. Gum is one of the most ubiquitous confectioneries in our culture, yet few know its origins. So who invented gum and how did it become popular?
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http://www.history.com/news/hungry-history/chew-on-this-the-history-of-gum
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