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The Unfortunate Sex Life of the Banana

By Matt Castle · Damn Interesting · August 2009

The Unfortunate Sex Life of the Banana

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"How the banana's sweet taste and cheerful appearance obscure a potentially calamitous sexual inadequacy."

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