The first commercial chewing gum was sold in 1848 by John B. Curtis, who also made the gum. He called the gum "State of Maine Pure Spruce Gum."

All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.

The first product to have a bar code scanned was Wrigley's gum.

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