A small study, performed in 2008 in California on ten persons being recorded performing everyday office tasks, showed that they were on average touching their face 15.7 times an hour. If we consider a sleeping time of 8 hours, that’s about 250 times a day during waking hours.
afraid not
Agreed. There really is no disputing that, because what exactly earned him the award? No one can recall. And I bet the people that thumbs this down don't know either and are googling it now.