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1 Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lightning than women.
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9 D) d3 ?6 l9 t$ D8 Q' }男人被闪电击中的概率比女人高5倍。 P9 |; Y' z# Q% U6 K+ U3 C. p4 F
7 i- \8 B3 {6 m J; z2 Over 2500 left handed people a year are killed from using products made for right handed people.5 z& ~% o. P, f! q) X+ i
r1 Z* v* i- J% B3 x% u2 k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。* d8 @( i0 S0 W' h/ T' q; p
2 U7 M. l2 R$ r+ D6 {3 Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.% u% R6 p# x* ?
( d. v- w; f, h: S& N. T每次你舔邮票的背面时,你就吃下了1/10个卡路里。7 g0 k! s& c. Q# i y* @
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4 Most lipstick contains fish scales.0 Z0 e* C. ~2 k) ~
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绝大部分的唇膏里都含有鱼鳞成分。& }# Z# F2 `: a5 b( y$ e( e
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5 A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 100 m.p.h..1 d7 `- n$ d- a; M. j- n; A
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人打喷嚏时,嘴里的气流速度超过每小时100英里。
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6 More people use blue toothbrushes, than red ones.% ~. n; \6 }0 B0 z7 t
9 q& r6 V4 ~- H5 \6 A用蓝色牙刷的人比用红色的人多。
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# \0 D4 a6 f7 ]! Y7 The most used letter in the English alphabet is "E", and "Q" is the least used., |6 U0 r' E: E6 E. N j' U* u
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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。+ S2 L: f: P- L2 Q9 m
J! M( Z! W9 J( ~" \& t8 Every 45 seconds, a house catches on fire in the United States.5 k6 v+ M5 D0 b2 G& g" N! U
' |( u7 [( Z, j$ y3 I在美国,每45秒就有一所房子着火。
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5 Z+ Q+ T' N. r! u4 W7 t% h5 i9 One in every 4 Americans has appeared on television.8 T. j1 U6 Y1 @
! x, t' |$ c& r* h每4个美国人中,就有一个人上过电视。
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3 K0 {; U R, t1 q2 h10 One quarter of the bones in your body are in your feet.
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4 Q% U8 G* o) f& N. Z人体内的骨头有1/4集中在双脚上。
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11 Human teeth are almost as hard as rocks.
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9 j2 }( Z7 ^0 S0 {, L2 ?人的牙齿几乎和石头一样硬。
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, c T F) h1 R- f/ R3 y$ D+ G12 The first product to have a bar code was Wrigleys gum.) Q" J. ]: ^2 o7 `
# T7 [4 `* ~: {8 a世界上最早有条形码标记的商品是箭牌香口胶。. `* x! i( c! Y- ?: r' |
$ n% r# M. B& i13 No piece of square dry paper can be folded more than 7 times in half.* J5 o4 K* S; B- e& l- |, _7 Q
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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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, A+ [1 K) y" E古代埃及人的枕头是石头做成的。
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' \1 J' H( g# ^: f- m' y15 The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year.
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" S9 R( ]+ L$ B% S一个普通人每年要做1460个梦。
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0 P/ I0 B6 z, A6 S0 S2 D1 {16 A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off--it dies from starvation.4 v1 F9 z0 l/ P5 ?
5 n0 S$ v! |( B. H蟑螂在被砍头之后还能活几个星期,最后死也是饿死。2 m, V4 [* a2 |+ T0 d
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17 Dogs and cats, like humans, are either right or left handed.
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猫狗和人一样也有左、右撇子之分。4 w+ s; W7 ?, O# I
, g T! U8 T* e: x/ Q8 h1 u- V18 The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump.5 b$ X1 U) Q# ]; C$ B
6 Q' W5 F' b& B! {( f" m8 t, H) s$ }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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0 _5 r# E S/ o海豚睡觉睁一眼闭一眼。 7 S/ a! b& v8 d
6 o& X8 f6 Z" ~" P3 k20 The placement of a donkey's eyes in its head enables it to see all four feet at all times.# ~& O: p1 Q3 b3 O
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驴子眼睛的位置能让它随时看到自己的四条腿。
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21 The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds./ @! X9 y" I5 Q& r2 Y% e) m
$ @ R' N& }% m$ M6 s" Z4 w; t4 F# E鸡的最长飞行纪录是13秒。
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22 Cat urine glows under a black-light.
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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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