Do bananas grow on trees?
Bananas don't grow on trees. The banana plant is technically a giant herb, and its "trunk" is made of tightly packed leaf stalks.
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“Bananas are berries, but strawberries aren't.”
Reference: Live Science
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What happened to the Gros Michel banana?
The Gros Michel was the world's main export banana until a fungus called Panama disease wiped out plantations in the 1950s, and the Cavendish replaced it.
Are bananas radioactive?
Bananas are very slightly radioactive because they contain potassium-40, and scientists sometimes jokingly use the "banana equivalent dose" to explain tiny radiation exposures.