1928: Year pharmacist Jim Howe develops Tums while treating his wife's indigestion. Commercial production begins two years later.
4.7 billion: Number of Tums tablets produced in St. Louis in 2009
24: Number of flavors the antacid comes in
1978: Year Lewis-Howe Co., maker of Tums, was purchased by Revlon Inc. of New York, making it no longer a St. Louis-based company
