You know bananas are radioactive, right?

[thewayne]

Bananas are high in potassium. Potassium-40 is a radioactive element. When you get down to it, everything is radioactive at some level: pizza, people.

XKCD's What If? has a new breakdown about powering houses and cities with bananas. It's really quite cool.

Enjoy.

https://what-if.xkcd.com/

Comments

[warriorsavant]

When the accident happened at Fukishima, I actually calculated how much radiation would arrive in the US (basically bugger all), and compared it to things like bananas and sleeping next to your most beloved.

[thewayne]

I actually probably receive a higher dose from my most most beloved because some of the instruments on the telescope contain higher than average radioactive elements.  Not enough to require stickering, but enough that they'd make a Geiger Counter twitch if brought near them and require special disposal upon disassembly.

[warriorsavant]

Did you just boast that your wife is really hot?

[thewayne]

She is, even radiologically! ;-)

[disneydream06]

Pass the bananas and watch me glow. lol.....
Hugs, Jon