- Bananas are so called because that's what they are. It'd be stupid to call them oranges, wouldn't it?
- Contrary to popular opinion, the banana isn't actually a fruit, but an insect¹.
- A bunch of bananas is more correctly termed a "hand" as everyone has seven big fat yellow fingers.
- The banana skin is such an excellent lubricant that it is used to reduce friction in the engines of formula one cars.
- Upon first seeing a banana, Queen Victoria remarked "Oh, how funny!"
- The boomerang design was based on the banana as a result of an aborigines request to another to "chuck us a piece of fruit, mate."
- 17.71% of bananas don't come back.
- Eaten in moderation, bananas are good for you, but by eating ten pounds of bananas a day, you will make yourself sick.
- If you are trying to stop smoking, try replacing your tobacco with shredded, dried banana skins. You will find you want to smoke much less.
- The expression "top banana" is absolutely ludicrous, and means nothing!
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