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[–] 42yeah@eviltoast.org 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Don’t they annihilate each other when they encounter matter? How can a banana contain antimatter safely?

[–] Tehdastehdas@piefed.social 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

They do, and it can't. It's getting annihilated the first time it touches normal matter, producing other radiation. Nuclear decay in the banana produces more antimatter.