Mayans chewed on the sap of the sapodilla tree and called it chicle.

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Locals have been extracting the natural chicle gum base from the bark of the chicozapote trees for a century, a spokesman for Chicza told CNN.

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Urban authorities in Britain have their hands full these days chasing explosives, yet some of them seem to have an obsession with a less dangerous substance: chicle.

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