Blowing Out Birthday Candles Increases Bacteria by 1,400 Percent

Blowing Out Birthday Candles Increases Bacteria by 1,400 Percent
Leah Hogsten/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP

Happy barf-day.

Next time you blow out those birthday candles, make a wish that you don't catch anything — because all that huffing and puffing increases the amount of bacteria on a cake by 1,400 percent, a new study reveals.



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