Interesting Fact # 422 - Chewing Gum - Podcast

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Ten-pence is the going rate for clearing up a piece of discarded chewing gum.

(It costs councils around £250,000 to clean gum off the pavements in a small city centre in the UK. Personally I would charge more for removing people's suspended spit. Surely it could be tested for DNA and then "returned" to its owner - preferably to their hairbrush or comb, or am I being cruel.)