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.
Hyperreality 20 points 3 years ago
BitsOfBeard 9 points 3 years ago
I am highly sceptical about the slippery thing. Seems like it could be a good deception, hiding among weird facts...
AnarchistArtificer 3 points 3 years ago
BANANA FACTS! Botanically speaking, a banana is a berry
DoucheAsaurus 10 points 3 years ago
Ever heard the term banana republic? Guess where it comes from.
CarlsIII 5 points 3 years ago
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Didn’t the Chiquita stuff specifically happen much more recently?
emstuff 17 points 3 years ago
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Hyperreality 7 points 3 years ago
They've been doing bad shit for something like a hundred years. Chiquita used to be called United Fruit.
turmacar 14 points 3 years ago
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
Almighty5617 3 points 3 years ago
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
Anti_Weeb_Penguin 2 points 3 years ago
Colombian*
big_enbian 1 point 3 years ago
The bananas must flow.
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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.
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