DEPARTMENT OF ODD FACTS: The Wrigley Company (founded on this day in 1891) initially gave away chewing gum to anyone who purchased its baking soda. But customers cared more about the gum than they did about the baking soda, so Wrigley switched to selling the gum outright. And made a mint.
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