- Italian pundit Luciano Passirani praises @RomeluLukaku9 says he’s never seen a player of his quality at neither Inter, Milan or Juventus. He ended it with “only way to push him down to the floor is to throw 10 bananas at him.” (Video) https://twitter.com/NimaTavRood/status/1173338007807676417 18 comments soccer
- Gabrielle Union shares the origin story of the Banana Boat. It was her idea and ended painfully. https://streamable.com/56h4p 19 comments nba
- Frat Retreat Ends Early after Students ‘Frightened’ by a Banana Peel http://www.nationalreview.com/article/451013/banana-peel-frightens-ole-miss-fraternity-retreat-canceled-mississippi 5 comments nottheonion
- "I was thinking a little Spider 2 Y Banana"- Jon Gruden on @MikeandMike regarding the Seahawks play call that ended in an INT" https://twitter.com/espnnfl/status/563015433935015936 285 comments nfl
- Shane Helms on Zayn: "Sami is right now, and I have no problem saying this, Sami is the top performer in this entire industry right now. That's how good Sami is. It's daunting sometimes. You know, Sami has a reputation. He'll drive you bananas, but the end result is always a homerun or a grand slam" https://wrestlingnews.co/wwe-news/shane-helms-headed-to-puerto-rico-to-train-logan-paul-for-wwe-crown-jewel-match-with-roman-reigns 155 comments squaredcircle
- Area man spends his life savings on a carnival game, ends up with a banana with dreadlocks https://boston.cbslocal.com/2013/04/29/nh-man-loses-life-savings-on-carnival-game/ 7 comments nottheonion
- Dem senator: Trump's decision to end key ObamaCare payments is 'nuclear grade bananas' http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/355378-dem-senator-trumps-decision-to-end-key-obamacare-payments-is-nuclear-grade 32 comments politics
- The end of bananas? Disease could wipe out tropical fruit http://globalnews.ca/news/2375090/the-end-of-bananas-disease-could-wipe-out-tropical-fruit/?utm_source=other&utm_medium=mostpopular&utm_campaign=2014 11 comments worldnews
- It would take far longer than the lifespan of our universe for a typing monkey to randomly produce Shakespeare. There is a 5% chance for a single chimp to type the word ‘bananas’ in its own lifetime. However, the entire 884,647 words will almost certainly never be typed before the universe ends. https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/its-not-to-be-universe-too-short-for-shakespeare-typing-monkeys 733 comments science
- Pedri & ASPROCAN had agreed to donate 1000kg of bananas for every 1km Spain traveled during the Euros. Spain ended up travelling 766.5km, so there will be 80,000kg of bananas that arrive at food banks throughout the country today. Pedri was volunteering at the Food Bank of Barcelona this morning. https://www.mundodeportivo.com/futbol/fc-barcelona/20210909/1001686471/pedri-fuera-cesped-vive-peor.html 155 comments soccer
- Metropolitan Police confirm there were seven arrests made during the NLD. Press Association Sport understands one of those arrests came after a banana was hurled from the away end as Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang celebrated scoring an early #AFC penalty in front of the Spurs fans. https://twitter.com/markymbryans/status/1069289419306426369 13 comments soccer
- In a study of how global warming will affect nine crops that make up half sub-Saharan Africa food production, scientists found that up to 30% of areas growing maize and bananas, and up to 60% of those producing beans could become unviable by the end of the century http://www.theafricareport.com/north-africa/climate-change-scientists-say-time-is-running-out-to-protect-africas-food-supply.html#.vt3tdwctffo.twitter 4 comments science
- Florida fades in use of renewable energy as big utilities call the shots. "There was a time I'd end a column like this condemning the governance of Florida on energy matters as that of some two-bit third world nation. Now I would never insult any Banana Republic by such a comparison." http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/energy/florida-fades-in-use-of-renewable-energy-as-big-utilities-call-the-shots/2193177 28 comments politics
- Cocaine-stuffed shipments of bananas ended up at Canadian grocery stores due to a drug-trafficking mix-up https://www.insider.com/cocaine-stuffed-banana-boxes-landed-at-canadian-grocery-stores-2021-1 99 comments nottheonion