Ever wonder why bubblegum is traditionally a specific shade of pink, or what the flavor even is? We have you covered. People have been chewing on chicle–a natural gum that comes from trees—for ...

Originally, it was an innocent enough marketing plan by the Topps Company. Buy the pink bubble gum covered by a thin layer of powder and it would come with five baseball cards. Such a deal. … ...

Chewing the baseball cards themselves would have been more appealing (and probably tastier), even if they'd already been clothespinned to our bicycle spokes. No, forget the taste of the gum. What ...