Is The 5-Second Rule True?

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5-second rule facts:

http://www.snopes.com/food/tainted/dr...
http://science.howstuffworks.com/scie...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five-sec...

Applied Microbiology: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/store/...

Jillian Clarke: http://www.howard.edu/newsroom/releas...

Mythbusters: http://dsc.discovery.com/tv-shows/myt...

minutephysics on "touch": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BksyMW...

Electrons as waves: http://www.rhythmodynamics.com/Gabrie...

Adhesion:

http://www.coatingspromag.com/article...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adhesive...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_...
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cu...

Intermolecular Forces:

http://www.chemguide.co.uk/atoms/bond...
http://ww2.chemistry.gatech.edu/~lw26...
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/...

Molecule speed (interactive): http://aspire.cosmic-ray.org/labs/gas...

Molecular Dynamics: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecula...

Phone book friction: http://www.de-monstrare.nl/pdf/Phoneb...

Orders of Magnitude: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_o...

Germ facts:

http://etiquette.about.com/od/Smartph...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10...
http://www.geeksugar.com/Computer-Mou...

Oatmeal Cell Phone Germs QUIZ: http://theoatmeal.com/quiz/phone_germ...

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[RedWingsninetyone]

All I can say is if you kill all the bacteria around you, how do you build immunity? Dont live in too much fear people

[SpanishAmoeba]

Question for vsauce, why do we cry?

[nq20029]

Vsauce, meet Mythbusters.

[AnonymousFunnyBunny]

V well that was interesting I love Vsauce!

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[TedTalks36]

vsauce is the only one who can talk about neutrons and electrons while explaining the 5 second rule

[JessieK2202]

10 minuets on the 5 second rule? Seems legit xox

[neb7851]

v loool

[RedWingsninetyone]

Viruses are kind of the same way but you still don't want to get them. However once you have a virus, you always have it and your body is readily able to take care of it if necessary. Other parasites are completely different

[RedWingsninetyone]

I am talking about with every day experiences. Not about deliberately going to places where germs and bacteria are known to live in higher levels than what you would normally encounter.

[Steven A Hernandez]

V lol

[Matt Stringer]

When I see Michael pop up I always imagine him on a little elevator :') Vsauce is so cool :D