When I was 8 years old I use to chew bubble gum and swallow it because I didn't know where it would go. Then my teacher took me that swallowing gum will stay in my stomach and know I 'm 9 years old and I'm spliting out my chew gum in the trash. And for my teacher thank God we have internet.
A childhood belief about chewing gum

others believed things like this
- I thought i had to chew my food 27 times before i could swallow because Stephanie said it on Full HouseAnon
- I was told that if you chew your hair you end up with a hairball in your stomach and DIE!!!!!— Cat
- i was told when i was young that if i swollowed gum my stomach would grow teeth to chew it— gammie
- I used to believe that i couldn't swallow bubble gum because it would stick to my stomach— Nathalia
- my mom told my sister and I that if you swallow gum, it won't leave ur stomach for 7 years.— Victoria
- I thought when you chew gum and you swallot it you would choke and die o_o— Courtney