when i was younger my big brother told me that the glucose-fructose in chewing gum ingredients was what made it sticky and that it was actcually spider legs. I trusted him for 3 years.
A childhood belief about chewing gum

others believed things like this
- My grandpa told me when I was little that if you swallow chewing gum your butt will be sticky— Lili
- when I was seven my brother told me that if I swallowed chewing gum my arm would drop off.— john
- My mother told me chewing gum was made from horses hooves!Anon
- My girlfriend believed someone who told her that chewing gum was made from dogs bones!— tony
- my mother told me if i ever swallowed chewing gum i'd turn into a pig, i believed this for many years.— stuart hayward
- My older brother once told me that Aussie shampoo was made from kangaroo pee. I avoided using it for years!— Annie