World’s Strangest

Notice something weird about that doily? Well, that might be because it is a bit sticky, that’s because it’s made out of used chewing gum. Maybe it’s just me, but I certainly wouldn’t be so happy posing with it. As for how it’s made: A few months ago Helen Avagyan was sitting at her house, chewing [...]

Gasp! My fourth grade teacher might’ve been right after all – chewing gum in class may actually be bad for you: … scientists at Cardiff University in Wales now find chewing gum can [...]

Air Force lieutenant Gail Halvorsen flew supplies into Berlin during the Berlin Airlift in 1948 and ‘49. On one run, he met a group of children near the landing strip. “They could speak a little English,” he recalled later. “Their clothes were patched and they hadn’t had gum and candy for two or three years. They [...]

Thou pribbling fat-kidneyed maggot-pie! You make me sick! Get out of here! -via Blame It on the Voices | Image: unknown P.S. Also available in gum form!

I’m sure just about everyone reading this was yelled at at least once in school for chewing gum, doodling, day dreaming or fidgeting, but as it turns out, science says those behavoirs are actually beneficial to your ability to learn. Learn how over at Cracked. Link

CAPSLOCK Gum – $1.25 Are you constantly aggravated by e-mails, tweets, and status updates? You need a chewing gum that is intune with your inner most feelings. You need the CAPSLOCK Gum from the NeatoShop. This novelty gum quietly says what your insides are screaming, “Please don’t make me go all CAPS Lock on your ass.” Be [...]

Most of us only think about chewing gum on the sidewalk when it sticks to our shoes, but if you live in North London, that gum stain on the sidewalk might just be a tiny masterpiece. Artist Ben Wilson has been turning nasty spots of used chewing gum into miniature paintings in the North London neighborhood [...]

Ben Wilson finds wads of chewing gum discarded into the streets and sidewalks of London and paints them: Mr. Wilson, 47, one of Britain’s best-known outsider artists, has for the last six years or so immersed himself in a peculiar passion all his own: he paints tiny pictures on flattened blobs of discarded chewing gum on [...]

Old-fashioned sports trading cards came with a piece of gum (they actually were a bonus for buying the gum). The next generation of trading cards comes with a LCD screen and 20 minutes of video about the player! Oh, they are still made mostly of cardboard, but will hold 2GB of storage. How do you [...]

Shakespearean Insult Gum – $2.45 Do you have trouble coming up with witty insults? The NeatoShop is here to help. With Shakespearean Insult gum you will never have to think of a good insult again. Just calmly pop open a box and let Shakespeare do the insulting for you. You there - Thy wit’s as thick as [...]