7 Unexpected Uses For Banana Peels [VIDEO]

Mind blown. Don't throw out those banana peels, put them to good use!

Last night while my husband was at work, I decided to sit on the couch and watch television. I wanted to watch what I wanted to watch, "How To" shows of course!

I stumbled across a hilarious video on HowCast that had various uses for banana peels.

After I laughed really hard at the guy with the long hair, I shared this video with my bestie. The first thing she did was rub her banana peel on her bug bite. She said it worked! She's not nearly as itchy from those pesky mosquito bites.

Here are the 7 Unexpected Uses for Banana Peels from HowCast:

Step 1: Shine your shoes
Rub the inside of a banana peel on anything made of leather—shoes, pocketbooks, jackets. Then wipe away the residue and buff with a lint-free cloth for a glossy gleam.

Step 2: Clean your houseplants
Wipe down houseplant leaves; the peel removes dust and dirt and leaves them soft and shiny.

Step 3: Polish your furniture
To get a great polish, smear pieces of an overripe banana on wood furniture with your fingers and then wipe off with a cloth.

Step 4: Soothe a bug bite
Take the sting out of a mosquito bite by rubbing it with the inside of a banana skin.

Step 5: Erase ink stains from skin
Erase ink stains from your hands with the inside of a banana peel.

Step 6: Remove scratches from CDs
Remove scratches from CDs by smearing some banana on the scratch in a circular motion. Rub it in with the inside of the banana peel and then wipe the CD with a lint-free cloth.

Step 7: Get rid of fruit flies
Get rid of fruit flies by putting a banana peel in a resealable plastic bag with the top half folded down. Wait an hour or two for all the fruit flies to gather on the peel, then seal the top of the bag and throw it away outside.