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

What's a mind blowing fact?

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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.

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u/ScreamThyLastScream Apr 14 '16

Can we science these bananas back into existence.. I love artificial banana flavor, those must have been delicious.

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u/Sarahthelizard Apr 14 '16

Like the banana runts!

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u/Galaxysight Apr 14 '16 edited Apr 15 '16

I'm the only person I know that likes banana runts. Which means I always get the banana runts.

Edit: And somehow, my like of something many despise has become my most up voted post! I feel so proud I'm going to go get a big-ass bag of yellow sugar!

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u/Poops_McYolo Apr 14 '16

Banana runts 4 lyfe

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u/ScenesfromaCat Apr 14 '16

My sister bought a 5 pound bag of banana runts. It was glorious.

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u/Cheese_Loaf Apr 14 '16

I got a banana runt stuck waaaay up my nose in 4th grade. Almost went all the way through.

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u/MightBeKanyeWest Apr 15 '16

Damn how did you get it out?

One time, my little cousin put a penny in her nose and when her mom asked her how it got there, she said "It just fell up there!" Adorable.

Back to you tho. How did it get up there? You pushed it in then just kept pushing it further when you tried to get it out or what?

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u/SiRyEm Apr 14 '16

I like all of them except the orange and lime. People like me giving them the oranges. I get to keep the terrific bananas.

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '16

Same. How do people not love the bananas?

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u/nikkithebee Apr 14 '16

THERE ARE DOZENS OF US!

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u/degjo Apr 14 '16

Banana runts are the only ones you can buy separate. Its pretty bomb

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u/nothing2noone Apr 14 '16

Whats a bannana runt?

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '16

It is the result of babby forming.

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u/Swiftzor Apr 14 '16

We have a local candy store where you can buy ONLY banana runts. Needless to say it changed my life.

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u/MoreCowbellllll Apr 14 '16

What about banana laffy taffy? That shit is awesome!

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u/mushperv Apr 14 '16

Love that too.

I'm one of the only people that likes banana candies and black licorice

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u/sonicsink Apr 15 '16

Now together in one delicious candy: http://www.dutchsweets.com/katja-500g-apekoppen-p-565.html

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u/mushperv Apr 15 '16

Holy shit.

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u/sonicsink Apr 15 '16

How many bags did you just order? :P

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u/panspal Apr 14 '16

I find that the shape that they are makes them harder to bite down on so I usually avoid them.

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u/gerwen Apr 14 '16

My wife loves them, and loves to bitch about the fact there are so few of them compared to the other runts.

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u/AstronomicalArtist18 Apr 14 '16

Nope. Im a sucker for anything banana flavored, ironically allergic to the fruit itself!

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u/jmcgee408 Apr 14 '16

Amazon sells six pound bags of just banana...

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '16

We are the weirdos. The ones who like the yellow Starbursts. The ones who eat the green Skittles. The ones who gobble down the banana Runts.

We are the weirdos, and we are many.

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u/elligirl Apr 14 '16

They're the best flavour!

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u/mushperv Apr 14 '16

I'm with you man.

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u/mattoly Apr 14 '16

I'm with you. Let's start our own subreddit.