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Is The 5-Second Rule True?

Vsauce
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Is The 5-Second Rule True?
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2012Nov 30
Watch me lift a car (and then drop it) with phone books! http://bit.ly/Tx6cd2 Vsauce video on "touch" and why bananas are radioactive: http://bit.ly/YfocQL Vsauce on THNKR (4-part interview with me!): http://bit.ly/Twsah2   / tweetsauce     / vsaucegaming   All music by    / jakechudnow   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":    • What is Touch?   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... The best way to clean your computer screen: http://www.yahelite.org/lol/screencle... Produced by:    / funnycatvideos   Directed by:    / jackhoward   Cinematography:   / luffwoto  
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