cheese_greater@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.ca · edit-211 days agoWhatever happened to banana peels and the very real tripping hazard?message-squaremessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up17arrow-down1message-squareWhatever happened to banana peels and the very real tripping hazard?cheese_greater@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.ca · edit-211 days agomessage-square9linkfedilinkfile-text
Feels like its gone the way of caves. Cars used to be decliffed from an unfortunately placed banana peel (see Billy Madison)
minus-squareschmorp@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 days agoUrban myth, nobody has ever been tripping on banana peels. They are not psychoactive. 🧐
minus-squareMajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 days agoThey are radioactive though!
minus-squareAtelopus-zeteki@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 days agoK-40!! Naturally occurring radioactive ⁴⁰ K decays with a half-life of 1.248×10⁹ years. 89% of those decays are to stable ⁴⁰ Ca by beta decay, whilst 11% are to ⁴⁰ Ar by either electron capture or positron emission. Obligatory XKCD File: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Radiation_Dose_Chart_by_Xkcd.png Which shows the Banana Equivalent Dose.
minus-squareMajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 days agoI’d like to subscribe to radioactive facts, please!
Urban myth, nobody has ever been tripping on banana peels. They are not psychoactive. 🧐
They are radioactive though!
K-40!! Naturally occurring radioactive ⁴⁰ K decays with a half-life of 1.248×10⁹ years. 89% of those decays are to stable ⁴⁰ Ca by beta decay, whilst 11% are to ⁴⁰ Ar by either electron capture or positron emission.
Obligatory XKCD File: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Radiation_Dose_Chart_by_Xkcd.png Which shows the Banana Equivalent Dose.
I’d like to subscribe to radioactive facts, please!