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How Many is Too Many Bananas?

Tim Harford investigates whether population density should influence which countries take in refugees. Plus- how many bananas are too many?

Is population density the right measure to be looking at when working out how many refugees countries should take - and if not what is?

Plus, there is a belief among some people that too many bananas will kill you. Eat too many and you will overdose on potassium and die. But how many bananas would you need to eat?

(Photo: Bunch of bananas)

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Mon 14 Sep 2015 13:50GMT

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