Do you know your banana facts? This information may not seem significant, but it could mean the difference between winning and losing a game of Trivial Pursuit. And wouldn’t you just hate to lose a trivia game because of a banana?
Here’s the truth about our little, yellow friends:
There are over 500 different types of bananas. That means if you ate a different kind of banana every day, it would take almost a year and a half to eat every one.
Bananas are not just green and yellow. Some bananas are red.
Bananas are most likely the first fruit ever to be grown on a farm.
The first bananas to reach the United States came to New York City from Cuba in 1804. They were often sold one at a time in tinfoil wrappings.
In the United States, the most commonly eaten yellow banana is the Cavendish. It is long, plump, and golden yellow. And we all know it sure is delicious.
In Europe, the most common banana is the Canary Island banana, also called the dwarf Chinese banana. It is smaller, sweeter, and more fragrant than the Cavendish.
Bananas are almost fat free. One type of banana is about 99.5 percent fat free!
An average banana contains about 90 calories.
Plantains are a type of banana that is treated like a vegetable. It is rarely eaten raw. Instead, it is fried or baked.
How did people begin eating bananas? A Burmese legend tells the story of a person who watched a bird eat a banana and realized that this funny-looking plant could be eaten.
Details are still sketchy about whether the bird actually peeled the banana.
