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im stuff@lemmy.blahaj.zone to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 years ago

fun fact rule

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fun fact rule

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im stuff@lemmy.blahaj.zone to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 years ago
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  • GreenPlasticSushiGrass@kbin.social
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    More fun facts! The yellow banana we buy today is the Cavendish Banana, which is similar to, but not the same as the Gros Michel banana that was popular years ago (which was decimated by a blight). This is why banana candy doesn’t taste like the bananas we eat today. This is also where the trope of slipping on a banana peel came from, since Gros Michel peels are much slipperier than Cavendish peels.

    https://www.epicurious.com/ingredients/history-of-the-gros-michel-banana

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      trope of slipping on a banana peel came from, since Gros Michel peels are much slipperier than Cavendish peels.

      TIL

      Knew about the flavour thing, but not about it being slippier.

      • BitsOfBeard@vlemmy.net
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        I am highly sceptical about the slippery thing. Seems like it could be a good deception, hiding among weird facts…

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      I’d like to subscribe to banana facts.

      • AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net
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        BANANA FACTS! Botanically speaking, a banana is a berry

    • im stuff@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOP
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      cool facts but not as fun as mine 🥰

  • pootzapie@kbin.social
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    god this meme is amazing! nice one OP

    • im stuff@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOP
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      thanks pootzapie i don’t often make OC but when i do i remember to slay 💫

  • CarlsIII@kbin.social
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    @emstuff This is so huge and shocking that I can’t believe I never heard of it until now.

    • DoucheAsaurus@kbin.social
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      Ever heard the term banana republic? Guess where it comes from.

      https://www.britannica.com/topic/banana-republic

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        @DoucheAsaurus

        @emstuff

        Didn’t the Chiquita stuff specifically happen much more recently?

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          https://imageproxy.ifunny.co/crop:x-20,resize:640x,quality:90x75/images/a2300ab48017dedbae0ecf63aba36d298848f7ca898db3b6ab76fda87d689866_1.jpg

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          They’ve been doing bad shit for something like a hundred years. Chiquita used to be called United Fruit.

  • /home/pineapplelover@lemm.ee
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    Removed by mod

    • turmacar@kbin.social
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      If you’re boycotting Nestle you need to boycott way more than Nestle itself and Chiquita bananas.

      They own ~2000 brands/companies worldwide

      People have made helpful infographics

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      boycotting doesn’t work

      all companies are evil

  • Almighty5617@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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    Sorry to have to be the one, but do you mean “Colombia” the country?

    With U it could be confused with actual places named Columbia in North America

    • im stuff@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOP
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      this post has no meaning i am simply encouraging viewers to google a phrase which i know will direct them to content they find enlightening

  • big_enbian@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    The bananas must flow.

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