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Yes, the world's favorite fruit is radioactive. Bananas contain Potassium (K) and a small amount of that (K-40) is radioactive. Before you panic and throw away those bananas in your kitchen, watch further. Although bananas contain a small amount of radioactive Potassium, it is still much lesser than the background radioactivity that we are constantly exposed to. How many bananas do you need to consume before they can cause definite harm? Without overwhelming you with the whole calculation, we have done the math for you. It will be eating, roughly a billion bananas, in one sitting. And if that feat is tried, there will be a million other reasons to cause death than just radioactive Potassium!

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