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HOWTO disassemble a banana
Boing Boing — ... gutting many devices) has this fascinating HOWTO for disassembling a banana: Step 4 * Insert your thumbs into the split of the peel and pull the two sides apart. * Expose the top of the banana. It may be slightly squished from pulling on the stem, but this will not affect the flavor. Step 5 * Pull open the peel, starting from your original split, and opening it along the length of the banana. Banana Teardown (via Lessig) ...

iFixit Banana Teardown Reveals Yellow Components [Banana]
Gizmodo — ... Come on, all I want to know is how much do they really cost. They are turning kids in tropical countries into slaves just to get cheaper bananas, but what's the real cost? 'Cause the bananas don't seem that much cheaper. Why are we still paying so much for bananas when you got them made by little slave kids? What are your overheads? [ifixit] ...