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Well you have no sources and you can be full of it. But following the scientific method, I’ll try your hypothesis next chance I have! :D

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If this turns out to not be true, and just said for the amusement of thinking of all the people jiggling their keys at insects, it reminds me of something a friend in high-school said to me:

"If you peel a banana, take a bite off the top, and then poke your index finger in to the middle of it, it will split in to perfect thirds".

Upon trying this, I discovered it was not true, and my friend just wanted to see me stick my finger in a banana...

I never tried (yet) but a quick search reveals a lot of people filming the "banana split in thirds" action, e.g. https://youtu.be/NoGXTXsamt4?si=ANNTdtcu1trOdQXP

It's still technically possible it's a hoax but, boy, that's a lot of effort to provide fake content to support the hoax.

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Nice. Maybe GP got the wrong end, or it is a test of ripeness, or perhaps 'bite off the end' ruined it (it at least didn't seem to be necessary in the linked video).

funnily my friend just discovered that you can split it into thirds a few day ago and now does it whenever he eats a banana

A banana does actually third itself when split.

I'm still going to shake my keys at the next swarm I passby.

Ha, no way!

All this time I thought this was him being silly!

(For the record, the banana did NOT split nicely)

"If you hand is larger than your face . . . "

Actually, I do this when making a banana split. Cut a piece off the top and then slowly press the banana into thirds. Then, lower the banana, with the bottom part of the banana still intact, into a tall glass. Smoother with cream, ice cream and/or syrup. Makes for a solid banana split.

Too bad it's winter and I'll probably forget this before I have a chance to!

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