Chewing Gum Was Originally Tree Sap?! — The Surprising 3,000-Year History of Gum
🍬 Fun Facts Explorer — Ep. 1 Chewing Gum Was Tree Sap?! From jungle resin to synthetic rubber — the wild history of gum, explained by a stickman! 📚 Fun Facts Explorer Series ✅ Ep.1 · History of Gum ⏳ Ep.2 · Why Is Pizza Round? (coming soon) 1 🌳 Sap Dripping from a Tree! Thousands of years ago Yellow drops = chicle sap! Sapodilla Tree 🌿 What is Chicle? Deep in the jungles of Central America grows a tree called the Sapodilla . If you scratch its bark, a white, sticky liquid oozes out. That liquid is called Chicle — and it's the original chewing gum! Thousands of years ago, the Maya and Aztec civilizations hardened...