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"Camille" had no menstrual cycle for three months and had the symptoms of pregnancy. That same week, she had attacks of sleep paralysis while hearing a mechanical voice call her name. She woke up m to find a triangle on her leg and her dentist found an unknown object embedded in one of her teeth. She lived with her uncle at age 3. He worked on the Saturn 5 program and the tethered satellite experiment, and she sensed that his involvement in these programs had somehow attracted some very unusual attention to her and her family.
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The hot dog that rolls off the plate, the baby’s cookie that falls on the floor, the candy bar that slides across the table–we’re told we have five seconds to pick it up before it’s contaminated. Is this true?

Researcher Jorge Parada says, "A dropped item is immediately contaminated and can’t really be sanitized. When it comes to folklore, the ‘five-second rule’ should be replaced with ‘when in doubt, throw it out.’"

All items that come into contact with a surface pick up bacteria (and dirt!). How much bacteria and what kind of microbes depends on the object dropped and the surface it is dropped on.
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And you thought you could relax this month? In the August 8th edition of the Wall Street Journal, Andrew Roberts writes, "What is it about the month of August? Why should we still persist in regarding it as a quiet time–with Congress in recess, business slowed down, and people on holiday–when so many world-historical events take place in this month?" Is it the copycat effect? (NOTE: Subscribers can still listen to this show).
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