A strange trick to silence an earworm

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Earworms are annoying. It's like a loop playing over and over, sometimes for hours or even days. Mostly, they're triggered by hearing the song, but sometimes my brain will just dredge one up randomly. One surprising way to stop the madness is to chew gum, according to research conducted in 2015 by the University of Reading.

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