/macky/ en /macky/2015/05/18/did-you-know-chewing-gum-gets-rid-song-stuck-your-head <span>Did you know? Chewing gum gets rid of that song stuck in your head</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2015-05-18T11:52:43-06:00" title="Monday, May 18, 2015 - 11:52">Mon, 05/18/2015 - 11:52</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/macky/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/earworm.jpg?h=b0d472a5&amp;itok=GBy5HWyE" width="1200" height="600" alt="girl with hands to ears"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/macky/taxonomy/term/78" hreflang="en">brain</a> <a href="/macky/taxonomy/term/72" hreflang="en">chewing gum</a> <a href="/macky/taxonomy/term/70" hreflang="en">earworm</a> <a href="/macky/taxonomy/term/74" hreflang="en">gum</a> <a href="/macky/taxonomy/term/80" hreflang="en">music</a> <a href="/macky/taxonomy/term/76" hreflang="en">song</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/macky/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/article-image/zitsearworm.gif?itok=iloXAe30" width="1500" height="480" alt="Comic: Song stuck in head"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p>Edgar Allan Poe and Mark Twain mentioned the phenomenon. An earworm as it is called, <a href="http://mashable.com/2015/05/11/get-rid-of-song-stuck-chewing-gum" rel="nofollow">can be removed by chewing gum</a>. Did they have chewing gum in the 19th century? You bet. Recently archaeologist found <a href="http://www.chewinggumfacts.com/chewing-gum-history/chewing-gum-timeline/" rel="nofollow">three wads of 9000-year-old chewed birch resin</a> on the Swedish island of Orust.</p> <p></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Mon, 18 May 2015 17:52:43 +0000 Anonymous 134 at /macky