The Five Second Rule

I was wandering across the great wide internet looking at stuff like Las Vegas travel when I came across this article about the five second rule. We've all said it. If you drop something on the floor & pick it within less than five seconds then it's safe to eat. Maybe it's because if you pick up the food fast enough all of the germs just fly off.

Apparently informal studies have discredited this theory. Ummm, obviously. In fact, the chances of you getting sick depend on how dirty the floor is. I love science & the fact that people have devoted time to figuring this out.