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What If It Rains Bananas For A Single Day? (Spoiler: It's Bad)

Kurzgesagt โ€“ In a Nutshell

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Bananas would fall with the kinetic energy of bowling balls, destroying everything. The resulting rot would release enough methane to cause a mass extinction event.

  • ๐ŸŒง๏ธ A single day's banana rain equals 1.33 trillion tons, enough to feed the world for over a century.
  • ๐Ÿ’ฅ Falling bananas would reach 240 m/s, shattering buildings and killing humans instantly.
  • โ˜ฃ๏ธ The rotting mush would release 160 billion tons of methane, 280 times current global annual emissions.
  • ๐ŸŒก๏ธ This methane spike would cause catastrophic global temperature increases and a mass extinction.

A cartoon city, including Big Ben and the London Eye, being bombarded by falling bananas, with a red arrow pointing to one.