Time Magazine once did a special report about beetle nut (bin lan2 檳榔) culture in Taiwan, and doubed it the Taiwanese chewing gum. It's a sort of small palm, and usaully harvested, cleaned and processed to be chewed. When chewed, it releases a light hallucinant and caffeine, which makes it addictive. But then your mouth also becomes red, because of the juice. Scantily dressed girls can be seen on the highways and byways of the country, selling these nuts. Foreginers come here also to see this strange phenomenon.
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