Praying Hands is one of the strangest types of banana. As I mentioned in an earlier post, bunches of ten or more bananas are called hands. What makes the Praying...
Bananas were unavailable in Britain during the Second World War because the government commandeered the banana shipping fleet. After the war, the government...
Bananas are the only fruit to contain ALL the major vitamins A, B1, B2, B6, and C. They are high in dietary fibre, magnesium and potassium, and contain the complex carbohydrates...
Does anyone feel the need for a bit of banana-cheer this dull Monday? Well, this is guaranteed to brighten your day and give you a big banana-shaped smile!...
Bananas are a lot like people; they bruise easily, they like to hang out in a bunch, and they go brown if they spend too long in the sun! Click the link to try...
Banana-Blog is 1 month old today! Hands up all those of you who didn’t think I’d be able to write enough banana-related trivia to last every day for an...
Have you ever seen tennis players munching bananas between games? It isn’t because they forgot their lunch – no, it’s because they know that bananas...
Although bananas have been around for millennia, the earliest known recording of their existence was in 327 B.C., when Alexander the Great and his army discovered...
Josephine Baker was born in St Louis Missouri on June 3rd 1906. From humble beginnings she rocketed to stardom during the mid 1920’s when she captivated...
Billy Connolly was born on the 24th November 1942 in Glasgow. His stage career began in 1965 as singer and banjo player with the Humblebums folk group. However,...
Did you know that most commercial shoe polishes contain toxic chemicals that can be dangerous if inhaled or absorbed through the skin? So, what’s the...
Oscar-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow and her musician husband Chris Martin have just announced that they are expecting their second child. Their first daughter,...
Well Bananafans, as I promised a few days ago, I’ve been considering an attempt at breaking the Banana-eating World Record! Who knows, I might even have to...
Tradition has it that it was an apple that tempted Eve, (way back in the Garden of Eden). However, the bible itself does NOT definitively confirm the exact...
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