19 Essential Talking Points for the Banana Enthusiast

1. In recorded history, bananas date back to around 600 B.C.E., when they were mentioned in Buddhist texts.

2. Bananas came to the Americas in the 15th century but weren’t regularly imported to the United States until later, following their showcase at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition.
3. On average, American consumers eat 30 pounds of bananas a year. [This article was written by Jeff Fleischer, and originally appeared in the July-August 2006 issue of mental_floss magazine.