Editing Five-second rule (section)

== History ==
[[File:YuanEmperorAlbumGenghisPortrait.jpg|thumb|Portrait of [[Genghis Khan]]]]
The origins of the five-second rule are unclear.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sefton |first=Dru |date=September 29, 2003 |title=Intern Puts Science Behind the Five-Second Rule |url=http://www.newhousenews.com/archive/sefton092903.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061115101748/http://www.newhousenews.com/archive/sefton092903.html |archive-date=November 15, 2006 |work=[[Advance Publications|Newhouse News Services]]}}</ref> Food scientist Pawl Dawson and microbiologist Brian Sheldon have traced the origins to legends surrounding [[Genghis Khan]] in the 15th century. He is rumoured to have implemented the "Khan Rule" at his banquets. "If food fell on the floor, it could stay there as long as Khan allowed," and the idea was that "food prepared for Khan was so special that it would be good for anyone to eat no matter what."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mayer |first=Johanna |date=February 20, 2019 |title=The Origin Of 'The Five-Second Rule' |url=https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/the-origin-of-the-five-second-rule/ |access-date=July 10, 2024 |website=[[Science Friday]] |language=}}</ref>

The first known mention of the myth in modern print was in the 1995 novel ''Wanted: Rowing Coach'' as a "twenty-second rule".<ref>{{Cite OED|term=second|id=7821975804|access-date=July 10, 2024}}</ref>