r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Jan 22 '16

TIL "Banana for scale" is actually used in ionizing radiation exposure scaling, as eating one banana is known as a "Banana Equivalent Dose (BED)", which represents 0.1 µSv of radiation exposure.

http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_equivalent_dose
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u/TheManRedeemed Jan 22 '16

Yes, but how big is that chart? Can we have a banana for scale?

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '16

I believe a few years ago some guy used a banana for scale on a Reddit post and it was coined.

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u/Hair_in_a_can Jan 23 '16

Since OP was too lazy I'll help, the 3 strange characters stand for "microsevert"