Bananas are radioactive. Due to being rich in potassium, every banana is slightly radioactive thanks to containing the natural isotope potassium-40. Interestingly, your body contains around 16mg of potassium-40, meaning you’re around 280 times more radioactive than a banana already. Any excess potassium-40 you gain from a banana is excreted out within a few hours.
100 Mind-Blowing Excess Facts
Cadbury Flakes were invented by accident. One day a factory worker realised that the excess chocolate which dripped down the side of the bars cooled into a ribbon-like shape aka a flake. The Cadbury Flake was then launched in 1920.
Sleep cleanses your brain. When we sleep, more cerebrospinal fluid flushes through the brain to wash away the day’s worth of harmful, excess proteins and toxins. Think about that on your next Netflix binge.
Your belly button grows hair. The hair on your stomach is mainly used to catch lint. These hairs mainly grow due to an excess of hormones. Age also affects the amount of hair that grows around this area.
Chip bags are full of nitrogen. The excess air in chip bags isn’t there to fool buyers into thinking there are more chips inside. Instead, bags of chips are filled with nitrogen. Oxygen would spoil the chips fast, but nitrogen preserves freshness, prevents combustion, and creates cushioning during shipping.