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A very little know thing about World War 2, is that there is the fact that the Nazi's made the classic mint flavor of Orbit gum. During World War 2 there was a very little and unknown prison camp, called Adel, it was located in the mountains. Due to its seclusion it was usually very short supplied so in turn there weren't many commodities, such as toothpicks, etc. However the Nazis at this camp used a rubber like substance to torture the Jewish people imprisoned. Many of the soldiers however noticed that a large number of prisoners had began chewing the rubber like substance to distract themselves from hunger and general horrors they saw. Due to lack of supplies the Nazis didn't have any tools to comfortably remove the food lodged in their teeth. A soldier by the name of Hans Vector decided to try chewing the rubber substance in an attempt to help his boredom and the issue of food in his teeth. Eventually most of the soldiers picked up on this habit and even used the very little amount of mints and spices to flavor the rubber, effectively creating homemade versions of gum as we know it today. When the war ended Hans Vector went back to his home town Würzburg, with him he brought back the new type of gum that he sold to the children of the town. What gained him notoriety was the longer lasting flavor then most other gums around. Eventually his method of making it was bought out by Wrigley in 1959, and is sold through orbit gum to this day. The reasons for hardly anyone knowing about the origin of Orbit's mint flavor gum is quite obvious, as most people wouldn't buy gum that was made by a Nazi in a prison camp.