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Why bananas arrive green—and turn yellow all at once
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Bananas are shipped completely green and rock-hard so they survive transit. Once they arrive, they are shoved into massive, airtight industrial chambers and heavily blasted with synthetic ethylene gas. This completely artificial hormonal assault tricks the bananas into aggressively ripening all at once, turning yellow just in time to rot on your kitchen counter.
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