Every banana you eat is radioactive
Bananas are naturally radioactive due to potassium-40, a fact so common in science that the "Banana Equivalent Dose" is a recognized radiation measurement unit.
That's right, every banana you enjoy exposes you to a tiny bit of radiation! This is due to potassium-40, a naturally radioactive isotope found in bananas. Nuclear scientists even use the "Banana Equivalent Dose" (BED) as a real unit of measurement for radiation.
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