GMA hosts test whether they can eat six Saltines in a row without water.
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The Result: Baking Soda does help with odors in your fridge, but activated charcoal works better. It works so well because it is extremely porous.
Is it true that it is impossible to eat six saltines in one minute?
The Test: There is a claim that it is impossible to eat six saltines in one minute without the help of drinking a beverage to wash them down. Three food techs attempt to eat six saltines in one minute. They each have a different strategy — one eats one cracker at a time, the next crumbles them up, and a third food tech makes a saltine sandwich three crackers high.
The Results: None of our food techs was able to succeed in eating six saltines in one minute, although one of them was able to eat 5. While all three food techs failing at this task doesn't prove it is impossible, it certainly shows that it is extremely difficult.
Saliva is necessary to swallow food. The saltines are extremely dry, so they soak up all of the saliva in the mouth. Just a few crackers into the challenge, there is very little saliva left to start the digestive process.
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