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from the there's-always-money-in-the-banana-stand dept.
"Iceland is the king of the banana republics!" host Stephen Fry once declared confidently on the popular British game show "QI."
That sounds implausible: Just look at the island nation's pitted igneous landscape and brutal climate. But the claim isn't as ridiculous as it sounds. A rumor has circulated for the last 60 years proclaiming Iceland to be the banana capital of Europe.
Spoiler alert: It's not. But where did this rumor come from? Can Iceland even grow bananas? With average temperatures registering between 32 Fahrenheit in winter and a tepid 50 at the height of summer, Iceland's climate seems most suitable for growing mold and frostbite.
But Iceland's secret to agricultural innovation lies beneath the surface — way beneath.
Now we have all we need to colonize Antarctica.
(Score: 2) by r1348 on Thursday December 01 2016, @06:00PM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceland#Climate [wikipedia.org]
It's actually not that cold, average low in January in Reykjavik is -3°C. I guess the cold climate is due to cold summers.