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If you swallow chewing gum you will die

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If you swallow chewing gum you will die

I used to believe…

All my friends and I believed that if we swallowed bubble or chewing gum - it would wrap round our hearts and we would die - lovely thought!!!! We also had a teenage neighbour who had a hole in her heart and was told that it was because she had swallowed chewing gum when she was young!!!

— Bel

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I used to believe…

My Nan told us if we swallowed chewing gum it would wrap itself around my wind pipe and kill me

— susan

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I used to believe…

my mum used to tell me that if I was to swallow chewing gum, it would wrap around the insides of my stomach and I would choke.

— kroliner

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My mum explained to me that it wasn't healthy to swallow chewing gum.When I understood that I should never swallow it,ever,I became terrified that it would turn into a gum monster in my tummy.
Hehe,I don't swallow it now...

— Gatita Rabiosa/Cat With Rabies

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I used to believe…

When I was a child I liked chewing gun but I started to believe that: If I smallow the chewing gun it would stick in my intestine and I would die.

— Maria Clara Fenatto

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I used to believe that if I swallowed chewing gum, it would wrap around my heart and strangle me

— "Tusitala"

I used to believe…

When I was small, I thought if you swallowed gum it just fell down and stuck to one of your lungs. I was not the brightest when it came to the inside of humans' bodies.

I grew out of this belief at age 8.

— CLB

I used to believe…

that if you swallowed gum id would get stuck in your stomach and more food would pile up and then youd die!!!
then i learned how to use a computer and things changed...

Anon

I used to believe if you swallowed chewing gum it would strangle your guts and kill you!

— David

I used to believe…

When I was little my older sister told me if you swallowed chewing gum it would wind itself around your heart and stop it beating.

— Clare

I used to believe…

when i was young my neighbors informed me if you swallowed gum, it was stuck in your *lungs* for the rest of your life, which i believed for some time

Anon

I used to believe…

When I was very young my mother told me that if I swallowed a piece of gum it would stick to my heart and make it stop beating. Needless to say, to this day my gum always ends up in the trash.

— Jason

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As a child I was told that if I swallowed chewing gum it would stick to my ribs and I wouldn´t be able to breath and die. I guess that's why there is so much chewing gum stuck under school desks!

— Joanne

I used to believe…

My parents told me that if I swallowed chewing gum it would wrap around my heart and windpipe and choke me :-(

— Boooooooots

I used to believe…

When i was younger I was told that if you swallowed chewing gum that it would wrap aroung your wind pipe and choke you. I know its not true but even now at 31 im actually chewing gum as i write this article, i cant swallow the gum.

— Simon H

I used to believe that if you swollowed you gum, that it would stick to your heart and then you'll die.

— Ebony

I used to believe…

When i was little i used to think if you swallowed your gum it would swell up in your throat you would choke and die now i still have a tough time swallowing my gum in class so i wont get caught.

— autumn

I used to believe…

Swallowing chewing gum = choking

— Kitty Lover

I WAS TOLD THAT OF YOU SWALLOWED GUM, IT WOULD WRAP AROUND YOUR HEART AND KILL YOU

— MELISSA

I used to believe that if u swallowed chewing gum it would wrap around your heart and squeeze you to death

— Mattio