The Surprising History of Bananas in Under 2 Minutes | National Geographic

Bananas are the most popular fruit in the United States today. How they attained this status is a story that spans seven millennia, three continents, and an ocean. En route, the banana has followed colonial conquerors and played a role in the overthrow of one country’s government.

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[pacoo]

CIA can't keep it's hands out of anything.

[lue]

Not surprised you left out most of the controversies that revolves around Banana Republic

[VinchVolt]

"Don't drop the banana!"
"Why not?"
"Good source of potassium!"

[dina]

The "banan" in Arabic is written as:
بنان
Not:
ن ا ن ب

[melyssa]

Every time I see bananas, I think of Ray Comfort. God, that guy's a living meme.

[phantasticdrago]

This is great!! Also I was eating a banana whilst watching!! XD

[Galluxi]

I thought I was watching BuzzFeed LOL!

[flszen]

"The waning Gros Michel?" More like the "virtually wiped out by disease Gros Michel."

[HyuHyuBoys]

Well thanks for sharing this great information National Geographic.

[YuriYukikun]

Amazing Information, and well made Video

[egalomon]

Just to get it out of the way: Minions, 9gag, Soraka. There you have it.

[gutar]

The fact that Alexander the Great discovered Bananas for the western world is as interesting as it is hilarious

[rayf.]

0:15 Arabic is read from right to left, not left to right. That means the Arabic word on the paper reads "nanab"

[danf]

The artificial banana flavor is awesome, I read somewhere that is what Gros Michel tasted like.

[whaaat]

I think The Doctor secretly made this video.

[doggod]

Who else is watching while eating a banana just me???

[kyris]

Umm... the Arabic letters spelling banana are 1) backwards and 2) supposed to be joined in a certain way. Lol.

[salvadormagana]

God dam it, I need to get to school but I stead I'm watching the history of fucking bananas.

[trickyricky]

They were Harambe's favorite... 😢

[CookingLessonsforDad]

Who knew bananas had such a history? Anyways I eat bananas almost every day!