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Does Gum Really Stay In Your Stomach for 7 Years?
Season 3
Episode 23
Reactions takes us back to the playground. Rumor has it that gum stays in your stomach for 7 years but is there any truth to this? Science and chemistry can give us the answer to this age-old myth.
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