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[–] GreenPlasticSushiGrass@kbin.social 29 points 2 years ago (3 children)

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

[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

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 8 points 2 years ago

I am highly sceptical about the slippery thing. Seems like it could be a good deception, hiding among weird facts...

[–] darvocet@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I’d like to subscribe to banana facts.

[–] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 years ago

BANANA FACTS! Botanically speaking, a banana is a berry

[–] emstuff@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 years ago

cool facts but not as fun as mine 🥰

[–] pootzapie@kbin.social 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

god this meme is amazing! nice one OP

[–] emstuff@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 years ago

thanks pootzapie i don’t often make OC but when i do i remember to slay 💫

[–] CarlsIII@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] DoucheAsaurus@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ever heard the term banana republic? Guess where it comes from.

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

[–] CarlsIII@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

@DoucheAsaurus

@emstuff

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

[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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

[–] Almighty5617@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] emstuff@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 years ago

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 2 points 2 years ago

The bananas must flow.

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