HOUSTON – Here are five weird things you didn’t know a banana peel can help solve. POLISH SILVERScientists have discovered banana peels can react to the tarnish on silver, making it disappear. WHITEN TEETHAccording to many online blogs, rub the inside of the peel for two minutes on teeth then brush like normal and in time you'll have whiter teeth. REMOVE SPLINTERSIf you tape a piece of the peel over a splinter for thirty minutes, the enzymes will help the splinter move to the surface, according to Prevention. Dr. Shane Magee from Kelsey-Seybold Clinic encourages patients to eat bananas to add potassium to their diets, “Often a low sugar, high potassium diet helps lower blood pressure.”