• DickFiasco@sh.itjust.works
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    Fun fact: this is where the “banana connector” came from. Before copper was discovered, early humans used bananas for all their audio connections. The name stuck, even though wires are made of metal today.

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      2 hours ago

      Additional trivia: The term “banana republic” originates from countries best known for exporting high-end audio equipment back in the day.

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        “banana split” stems from a failed experiment where scientists tried to split audio frequencies by sticking the connectors into ice cream and running the audio through it

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          And Bananarama was so named for their high-fidelity recordings which were performed, mixed, and recorded entirely on bananas.

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          Yup. Failed spectacularly, which is why they went for mixing boards as a backup solution instead.