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It takes seven years to digest gum.

If you swallow a piece of gum, the longest it'll stay in your digestive system is a week. Nothing will live inside your body for years at length unless the food item was so big (like larger than a quarter) that it becomes trapped in your stomach or intestine. Gum will eventually come out one way or another.

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