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1 Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lightning than women.% M0 X( X( ~! `0 I/ ]/ b
! f) t, I s5 S8 v: c男人被闪电击中的概率比女人高5倍。 ! V9 ]7 F) ?* g( h
: H' {2 I) _: `, _, a9 H+ W% y2 Over 2500 left handed people a year are killed from using products made for right handed people.
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, ]( z2 E# C1 I3 _每年有超过2500名左撇子在使用为右撇子设计的产品时死亡。
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+ \+ i) t$ w/ B3 Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.
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每次你舔邮票的背面时,你就吃下了1/10个卡路里。! t; d- f- x$ K
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4 Most lipstick contains fish scales.& V9 S5 T e5 ?; D! s; Y
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绝大部分的唇膏里都含有鱼鳞成分。
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9 Y. U3 M: }- {+ G9 ]5 A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 100 m.p.h..
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" j7 U. m. w4 }2 Q1 _, o: E) T人打喷嚏时,嘴里的气流速度超过每小时100英里。, U) z# _& O1 `7 E p/ C
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6 More people use blue toothbrushes, than red ones.1 R3 _7 ]# ]) M6 V8 V" \) E
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用蓝色牙刷的人比用红色的人多。! i5 Y9 f8 o. y+ P
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7 The most used letter in the English alphabet is "E", and "Q" is the least used.
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在英语字母表中,“E”是用得最多的字母,“Q”则是被用得最少的。; l6 N" ?1 _# {6 u+ @
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8 Every 45 seconds, a house catches on fire in the United States.. n" u- V3 ?* a. O) j
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在美国,每45秒就有一所房子着火。
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9 One in every 4 Americans has appeared on television.
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9 f: H( ?( k; t& x- h2 {: T) K$ x每4个美国人中,就有一个人上过电视。
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10 One quarter of the bones in your body are in your feet.
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% D, U( d+ h- N. H& p人体内的骨头有1/4集中在双脚上。& Y4 Y8 v- s% |. ` Q# Z1 A
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11 Human teeth are almost as hard as rocks.; i+ w7 o: O& r) ?. \
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人的牙齿几乎和石头一样硬。
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9 |& N) H# V3 z12 The first product to have a bar code was Wrigleys gum.7 W- S \" W' d3 ~8 i3 r' ^6 \
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世界上最早有条形码标记的商品是箭牌香口胶。1 v2 S+ M( }. }. W- v
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13 No piece of square dry paper can be folded more than 7 times in half.5 P6 ]) {1 a% H }$ Y
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任何一张干燥的方型纸片都不能被对折超过7次以上。
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14 Ancient Egyptians slept on pillows made of stone.
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; @$ `, m Q* ?* y. S$ C古代埃及人的枕头是石头做成的。
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15 The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year.6 r+ V) s& {" ~6 c( `1 ]
J0 t7 b- {1 b/ j, U一个普通人每年要做1460个梦。- n( e; u3 h* j5 q" K
# J7 i& f' `9 Z; f16 A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off--it dies from starvation.4 C& W" _1 s6 E3 k* M) _. N
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蟑螂在被砍头之后还能活几个星期,最后死也是饿死。
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* }$ Q) K+ G% t" W* a17 Dogs and cats, like humans, are either right or left handed. y: [1 E2 n7 c. J3 Z9 Z
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猫狗和人一样也有左、右撇子之分。
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; Q9 D4 U) d. m# l. z18 The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump.9 B2 j7 H( U, T/ V6 y+ ^
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大象是唯一一种不会跳的哺乳类动物。
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19 Dolphins sleep with one eye open.
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海豚睡觉睁一眼闭一眼。
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20 The placement of a donkey's eyes in its head enables it to see all four feet at all times.
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驴子眼睛的位置能让它随时看到自己的四条腿。' ?( l7 e7 K8 J
( L* m' j( T" N0 `1 j3 J1 r21 The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds.
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B: D+ c+ x: T/ W& V) O鸡的最长飞行纪录是13秒。7 r2 Q- \3 I4 T6 Y4 t9 e0 o
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22 Cat urine glows under a black-light.. v1 X, l$ n0 ^
. B4 `4 F$ Y3 B/ Y! z猫尿能在黑光灯下发光。
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23 Over 10,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows.
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每年有超过一万只鸟因为撞到窗户上死亡。 |
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