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Default Freaky banana bunch

Nancy Young wrote:
> How did I not notice that this bunch of bananas
> has ingrown paper?
>
> http://i37.tinypic.com/bgqqub.jpg
>
> and how did it get there? You cannot remove the paper,
> it's a part of the banana stems.


At many plantations, workers will insert paper between each "row" of growing
bananas on the bunch. It helps keep the bananas from becoming marked and
spotted.
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