{"id":32,"date":"2026-04-27T01:11:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T01:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imnotjoking.com\/?p=32"},"modified":"2026-04-27T01:27:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T01:27:54","slug":"bananas-are-radioactive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imnotjoking.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/27\/bananas-are-radioactive\/","title":{"rendered":"Bananas are radioactive"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"32\" class=\"elementor elementor-32\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ff8fbb0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5ff8fbb0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e688276 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2e688276\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It sounds fake. It\u2019s not.<\/p>\n\n<p>Bananas contain potassium\u2014and a small portion of that is potassium-40, a naturally radioactive isotope.<\/p>\n\n<p>This means every banana emits a tiny amount of radiation. Not enough to harm you, but enough that scientists jokingly measure exposure in &#8220;banana equivalents.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n<p>You would need to eat millions at once for it to matter.<\/p>\n\n<p>But yes\u2014your snack is radioactive.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>I\u2019m not joking.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36e28b4 e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base\" data-id=\"36e28b4\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" data-interaction-id=\"36e28b4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<img class=\"e-image-base \" \n\t\t\t\t\tdata-interaction-id=\"d76898b\" \n\t\t \n\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tid=\"44\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/imnotjoking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/banana.webp\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\twidth=\"712\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\theight=\"400\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsrcset=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It sounds fake. It\u2019s not. Bananas contain potassium\u2014and a small portion of that is potassium-40, a naturally radioactive isotope. 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