I was complete at two schools on the exact same day, 7/23. I got an interview invite from one two days later, and haven't heard from the other since. I was just wondering what everyone's experience has been with the amount of time between submitting their secondaries and receiving an interview invite.
Butyl rubber, commonly used in gum (as well as tires and basketballs, mm!), is a synthetic rubber that provides it with an ideal chewiness. Youâve probably noticed that gum is unaffected by the crushing of your teeth - thatâs kind of the point. So when you swallow the gum, it moves through your digestive tract into your stomach as one giant wad. While your enzymes are able to break down the carbohydrates, oils, and alcohols in the gum as they would with regular food, the rubber base in the gum is basically immune to these enzymes.
You might have heard the rumors as a kid: Swallow gum and itâll sit stubbornly in your stomach for seven long years. But what does science have to say about that?