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Research Says Our ’5 Second Rule’ is Off
October 22, 2012 My co-workers here at the radio station are pretty good at obeying that unwritten "Five Second Rule."
You know, when you drop something on the floor, you have five seconds to pick it up and pop it in your mouth. After five seconds, apparently it becomes too dirty and germy for consumption.
Did you know this applies to countertops as well as the floor? Researchers say countertops, where we prepare food, are actually more germ-ridden than that dirty, icky floor. Oh dear, we're in big trouble.