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===Informal=== The five-second rule was featured in an [[MythBusters (2005 season)#Five-second Rule|episode]] of the [[Discovery Channel]] series ''[[MythBusters]]'', which discovered that there was no significant difference in the number of bacteria collected. The aspects that affect the contamination process is the moisture, surface geometry and the location.<ref>{{cite web |last=Conley |first=Ken |date=October 2005 |title=Annotated Mythbusters: Episode 39 Chinese Invasion Alarm, 5 Second Rule |url=http://kwc.org/mythbusters/2005/10/mythbusters_chinese_invasion_a.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080321030933/http://kwc.org/mythbusters/2005/10/mythbusters_chinese_invasion_a.html |archive-date=March 21, 2008 |access-date=}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=July 2024}} An episode of ''[[Food Detectives]]'' found that bacteria will cling to food immediately.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hale |first=Mike |date=2008-08-05 |title=Private Eye for the Food Guy: Cuisine Sleuths on the Case |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/05/arts/television/05food.html |access-date=2025-04-26 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
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