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Artist Cesar Saez is planning to launch a 300-meter, helium-filled banana into orbit above the state of Texas. He says he has already raised tens of thousands of dollars, and soon all the cash would hit $1 million — which is the grand total cost of accomplishing this remarkable human endeavor.

If you’re wondering, “Why a banana?” Saez is finger-ready with some standard-issue PR-riffic answer that can be neatly summed up in the line: “bananas have special symbolism.” Fine. But we deeply suspect this banana launch is simply the precursor of the future launch of an even grander blimp bearing the likeness of the famous, well-loved banana-loving Texan whose face usually flashes in people’s minds when they’re taking a dump and their gaze accidentally brushes at the sight of whatever warm, steamy pile that occupies precious space in their toilet bowl.

via TECHNABOB

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