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How Many is Too Many Bananas?

More Or Less investigates the belief that eating too many bananas will kill you, ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Trending reports on vigilantism in Peru and the Why Factor asks how much space we need.

More Or Less investigates the belief that too many bananas will kill you because you will overdose on potassium. But how many bananas would you need to eat?
Is population density the right measure to be looking at when working out how many refugees countries should take- and if not what is?

ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Trending reports on a surge in Facebook groups calling on Peruvians to take justice into their own hands, sharing videos showing beatings of alleged criminals. Peru’s Interior Minister calls for an end to vigilantism. And Canadian comedian Nicole Arbour tells Mukul Devichand why the critics of her online video β€œDear Fat People”, which attacks the obese, are missing the point of satire.

In the Why Factor Mike Williams looks at our complicated relationship with the space we live in.

(Image: A bunch of bananas)

50 minutes

Last on

Fri 18 Sep 2015 01:06GMT

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  • Thu 17 Sep 2015 08:06GMT
  • Fri 18 Sep 2015 01:06GMT

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