23个有趣的生活真相

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1 Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lightning than women.

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2 Over 2500 left handed people a year are killed from using products made for right handed people.

  P9 [; C8 m# @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。

3 Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.

每次你舔邮票的背面时，你就吃下了1/10个卡路里。

4 Most lipstick contains fish scales.
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$ W6 n! x# [1 `% l. ]绝大部分的唇膏里都含有鱼鳞成分。

  C3 U7 w6 O& d2 Q2 j' R0 F* K5 A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 100 m.p.h..

9 ]9 |: b0 O; r3 S1 r, Z+ I人打喷嚏时，嘴里的气流速度超过每小时100英里。

8 F" p% R2 R5 r# Q% {8 k. n8 N3 }6 More people use blue toothbrushes, than red ones.

* E  h0 Q- u* I% t0 m  Z; f$ o用蓝色牙刷的人比用红色的人多。
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7 The most used letter in the English alphabet is "E", and "Q" is the least used.

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。

8 Every 45 seconds, a house catches on fire in the United States.
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在美国，每45秒就有一所房子着火。

- Q/ j, u. }1 k- ^$ C9 One in every 4 Americans has appeared on television.
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- s+ L  K+ n- \" E3 I8 _* {每4个美国人中，就有一个人上过电视。

* s. b3 d6 O" d4 ~3 X9 d10 One quarter of the bones in your body are in your feet.
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3 z! `# H3 g: ?* V; j6 [人体内的骨头有1/4集中在双脚上。
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" Y' ?& Q" q$ w* O  s1 N1 C( f11 Human teeth are almost as hard as rocks.
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% [+ Z, D/ z( D( @! e; u3 g人的牙齿几乎和石头一样硬。
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+ S; n) d$ s6 f& O12 The first product to have a bar code was Wrigleys gum.

+ r: ?4 I* @" z0 j世界上最早有条形码标记的商品是箭牌香口胶。

13 No piece of square dry paper can be folded more than 7 times in half.

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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3 B6 d# C4 f/ d" l  c14 Ancient Egyptians slept on pillows made of stone.

古代埃及人的枕头是石头做成的。
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6 s% h( z+ e  K2 I! J2 x5 u) A15 The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year.

一个普通人每年要做1460个梦。
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9 s* l+ A/ H  Y) q16 A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off--it dies from starvation.

% M7 P/ K4 j( u) C7 V0 O, {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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9 |& x% F- V8 G3 p3 o17 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。

" L6 n1 d. W1 M- o! ?  C& X& g18 The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump.
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: W8 u5 P8 L6 y+ l5 b大象是唯一一种不会跳的哺乳类动物。

19 Dolphins sleep with one eye open.
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海豚睡觉睁一眼闭一眼。　

7 \/ D6 j) x8 W20 The placement of a donkey's eyes in its head enables it to see all four feet at all times.

驴子眼睛的位置能让它随时看到自己的四条腿。
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; _8 _3 I& w2 ~  |! Z# F8 r+ e21 The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds.

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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$ P, B  n& K& l* S# |- [猫尿能在黑光灯下发光。

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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原帖由 值班记者 于 2009-5-2 05:09 发表
5 L+ `) E( v2 f! w1 Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lightning than women.
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# s/ j0 P" ^4 {$ m0 B) ?男人被闪电击中的概率比女人高5倍。　

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Because men are always swearing to god.

因为男人经常对天发誓。

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11 Human teeth are almost as hard as rocks.
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7 M" X9 O8 d9 C2 w$ O$ G人的牙齿几乎和石头一样硬。

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