12 sec... No 10.... No, The 5 Second Rule

• 37% of women say they'll eat food within 5 seconds of its being dropped on the ground.
• 57% of men say they will.*

The really interesting graphical statistic would be the one that shows the inverse proportion of increased age to time you are willing to let food sit on the ground before it is no longer edible.

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