this name to the gum in 1869: “ chicle “. *Modern gum
Tomas Adams decided to boil the chicle to make chewing gum. He made the first gum with liquorice in 1871.
*Wrigley’s gum
In 1890, Wrigley gum distributed for all America and it was very popular. Wrigley was the first company to sell gum. It put adverts in magazines and on posters.
*A big Success
Wrigley’s gum is the biggest producer of gum in the world. It makes gum to all U.S.A. In the second World War, the soldiers ate a lot of gum to relax.
When the American soldiers won Europe, they gave their gums to European children. The children loved it! And in Europe it was popular too.
*Hollywood gum
American named France to start the Hollywood Chewing Gum company. Today France is the second biggest producer of gum. After the war some companies started to use artificial resins.
*Curiosities
- The record for the biggest gum-bubble is made by Susan Montgomery Williams from California. The bubble was 58 cm in diameter
- The first bubble-gum was invented in USA in 1906. Today, you can buy liquid bubble-gum in bottles.
- One boy of USA when he was 15 years old chewed 165 sticks of gum.
Crazy competitions
- Ugly faces competition:
This competition had practice since 1266. People come from all over the world.
They make horrible faces wearing a horses collar around their neck.
The winner is the person who makes the ugliest face.
- I can fly:
This competition is too crazy. Competitors try to jump off to the see with contraptions without motors for example, bicicles with wings, an elephant with big ears... The price is around $ 25,000.
- I´ve got strong toes!
Everybody knows abaut arm-wrestling. But we don´t know that the toe-wrestling. The competitors must sit on the ground and put their foot in the air.They have funny names like toerminator and the count of monte cristoe.
By: Sara & OLatz
JON AZKURRETA mobile phones
The first mobile phone was invented in the USA in 1947 by AT&T telephone company. The phone was big and heavy.
In 1977 the mobile phone was tested in Chicago, USA and Tokyo, Japan. The mobile phone become commercially in 1980. In the next years they became more expensive.
In 1990 the teenagers started to buy mobile phones.
Today the 50% of teenagers have got a mobile phone.
Whit the new technology you can send text messages, take photos, play games and have aces to internet.
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