Trivia
HardYou Can Test The Ripeness Of Which Fruit With A Black Light?
Answer: Bananas
In 2008, researchers working on a collaboration between the University of Innsbruck and Columbia University discovered a novel way to test bananas for ripeness: using a black light.
The yellow appearance of bananas under normal light is mainly due to natural pigments (carotenoids). But as bananas ripen, the chlorophyll in them breaks down and will cause them to fluoresce brightly (with a blue glow) under a black light. What’s most interesting about the discovery is that it appears to be unique to bananas, other plants don’t exhibit the same fluorescing process during the breakdown of their chlorophyll.
Trivia
HardThe First Game Console To Feature A Built-In Hard Drive Was The?
Trivia
HardWhat Popular Snack Was Originally Created For The Wives Of U.S. Servicemen?
Trivia
HardThe Coin Widely Believed To Have Popularized The Idea Of “Heads Or Tails” Was The?
Trivia
Very HardMany Xbox 360 Owners, Desperate To Fix The “Red Ring Of Death” Failure, Resorted To Wrapping Them In?
Trivia
Very HardThe Abbreviation For Laughter Used In Japanese Message Boards and Chat Rooms Is?
Trivia
HardWhat Sci-Fi Novel Has Appeared On Military Reading Lists The World Over?
Trivia
Very HardWhich Type Of Animal Was Named After NSA Whistle Blower Edward Snowden?
Trivia
HardIn Time Travel Stories, Something That Appears In Multiple Times Is Known As A?
Trivia
HardIn 2006, Astronomers Discovered A 288 Billion Mile Wide Cloud Of What?
Trivia
EasyThe Longest Running Scientific Experiment Centers Around What?
