Whoa... You just blew my mind!
 

It's about time again for another short-lived GD topic. [lol]

So have you ever learned something that completely blew your mind? A few days ago I came across this tidbit on the internet: for all of my life, I was opening bananas the wrong way. [lol]



It's such a simple, basic thing that I can't believe I never realized it before. I bought some bananas the next day to try it myself. It's so much easier!

So how about you? Have you ever learned something that caught you by surprise?

Oh wow! I want to eat a banana now, just so I can open it up that way [:O]

It's kind of addictive. [lol] I've almost run out of bananas because I keep wanting to open them. It helps that they're delicious (especially if you add Nutella [drool]).

Whoa... I don't even like bananas but now I want to try this.

......I've always opened banana's like that.... I'm the only person I know that does, but I've always done it.....

OH! This morning I learned theres a snake in Japan that only eats snails... that blew my mind.

I've always opened my bananas like that too... Guess I'm just in touch with my ancestral roots.

I never have trouble opening my bananas from the other end...and if I do, well there is always a pocket knife with me.

Teach the people who haven't learned yet! [lol]

Oh, really? That doesn't surprise me too much, but that's cool.

Nice! I think it often depends on what your family does. Everyone in my family opens them from the other end. It's not actually that difficult to open them that way, usually, but it's less messy and more effortless to do it the "right" way.

I came across this on the internet quite some time ago, but it has blown the mind of everyone I have ever told it to.

So, most people who have ever driven a car have probably at some point or another forgotten what side their gas tank is on when pulling into a station.

https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/i...CjS9khft0FDTPF

Well you see that gas pump by the gas gauge? The side of the gas pump with the handle is the side that your gas tank is always on.

@ElysiumFate: Ahhh, that makes sense. I think I've heard that once before. I haven't driven a car in over two years though so it doesn't affect me much. [sweat]

Hurray for public transportation? [lol]

Apparently, cotton + super glue = FIRE [wha]



Don't try this at home, kids.

o___O I'm just mind blown I've been doing it the right way this whole time and the weird looks I get were not justified.
I come from the tropical jungles of Thailand so... bananas. xD

Mind blown from those 2 videos on top.
I never knew THAT was the right way to open a banana
*now craving for one*

... /rubs forehead.

So let me get this straight. We can make computers and cars, but we can't open bananas the right way.

Monkeys 1
Humanity 0

QTF! [lol]


That superglue thing is nifty! It's a shame that you need so much, because that could be super useful if you didn't!

That's how I open a banana. [yes] It's so much easier and you don't have to pull off any of those little fiber strings!


This isn't actually true. Snopes has a page about it. It's just one of those things that's correct 50% of the time, so lots of people see the coincidence. [yes]

Although I do wish that car manufacturers would start putting this much thought into the dashboard. It makes so much sense!

I went to try the banana thing right away, have heaps at home anyway, totally awesome!

It's actually been true for every car I've driven, and I've driven cars with gas tanks on either side. I must be lucky. [lol]

I was told that the little arrow on the dash near the gas gauge tells you what side the thing was on, though I'm not sure how true that bit of information is XP

The arrow definitely tells you, some cars don't have arrows, though.

oh...my....gosh....! wow! totally going to try that later!

This! Banana peeling, watch it [ninja]

lol... this man must feel accomplished! he can peel a banana like a monkey![squee]

I peel mine that way now [blush]