Entries stocked at ‘worth knowing‘

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Walking tall despite bananas

Germans averagely eat 18 Kilo bananas per year and still manage to walk upright. It´s a real big mystery, anway.

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The role of the banana in paradise

The biological name of the banana is paradise fig and that also explains the role of Eve’s fig leaf in paradise.

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Banana and science

Information about the ingredients of a banana, listed very detailed to show what’s in there.

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25 000 000 banana splits

The American fast food franchise Dairy Queen annually sells 25 million banana splits.

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Banana on tour

Arabic slave and ivory traders have let the banana spread from Asia over Egypt to the rest of Africa.

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Banana Boom in the German Reich

Elders & Fyffes did the commercials for bananas in the German Reich in 1930, the second largest importer of southern fruits.

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Welcome to Banana Republic

Everyone likes to say they lived in banana republic, but almost noone really knows what it actually means.

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