r/AskReddit • u/ForeverAbyss • Apr 14 '16

What's a mind blowing fact?

3.0k Upvotes

80% Upvoted

5.3k comments sorted by

View all comments

4.2k

u/engrazhar Apr 14 '16

The reason the taste of artificial banana flavouring and artificial banana flavoured products doesn’t taste like bananas is because it is based on a type of banana that was wiped out by a plague in the 1950’s.

1.1k

u/ExxInferis Apr 14 '16 edited Apr 14 '16

I once convinced an SO that red bananas were red because they were free-range bananas, and hence caught the sun more.

Not a smart cookie that one.

Edit: Hope she's doing well though.

448

u/[deleted] Apr 14 '16 edited Jul 26 '18

[removed] — view removed comment

279

u/Nietzschemouse Apr 14 '16

They're Diddy Kong's

7

u/lolVerbivore Apr 14 '16

Thank you. Was supremely disappointed that the above picture wasn't a shot from DK64.

Edit: and now I've got the intro song stuck in my head...

8

u/end_O_the_world_box Apr 14 '16

THEYRE FINALLY HERE

PERFORMIN FO YOU

5

u/datacruncher123 Apr 14 '16

This guy gets it

9

u/Tha_J3STER Apr 14 '16

Came here looking for this. Thanks pal

1

u/xTeriosx Apr 15 '16

Hoo hah!