A surprising fact about bananas and strawberries
Bananas are berries, but strawberries aren't.
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- Why do bananas curve?
“Bananas curve because they grow upward toward the sunlight after first hanging down, a process called negative geotropism.”
Reference: Encyclopaedia Britannica
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