Scientists have actually investigated the Five-Second Rule.
The Five-Second Rule states that it’s okay to eat a dropped piece of food, as long as you pick it up before you can count to five.
In 2003, a high school intern at the University of Illinois named Jillian Clarke conducted a survey and found that half the men and 70% of the women knew about the five-second rule. Jillian then conducted this experiment: first, she contaminated a ceramic tile with E. coli bacteria, then she
placed gummy bears and cookies for 5 seconds and analyzed the food: they sure were contaminated.

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