Gum control relaxed
Is it just me? Whenever anyone mentions the word Singapore - some know-it-all (usually a know-it-all like myself) drones “do you know that chewing gum is illegal in Singapore?”
Well apparently it’s true - at least until today, when it will no longer be a criminal offence and will be sold on prescription.
Ananova - Singapore relaxes chewing gum ban
So now that the traditional Singapore chewing gum anecdote is history here’s an alternative gum trivium:
“the ancient Greeks were known to be fond of a gummy substance named mastiche, derived from the resin of the mastic tree. In fact, Dioscorides, a Greek physician and medical botanist of the First Century, refers to the “curative powers” of the mastic in his writing.”
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