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1 Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lightning than women.3 M- `- K' y. B6 x. p
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男人被闪电击中的概率比女人高5倍。
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0 Z/ p$ h" u+ G- B6 }1 T9 x6 U2 Over 2500 left handed people a year are killed from using products made for right handed people." H2 F: c8 y. H& M
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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 Y* m% |; H; i1 e
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3 Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.4 n+ K4 ^" F4 q
5 i l% J& s* N3 Z( |. d3 v每次你舔邮票的背面时,你就吃下了1/10个卡路里。
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9 V$ v& z5 C7 E- i% ~+ G, A$ G4 Most lipstick contains fish scales.
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绝大部分的唇膏里都含有鱼鳞成分。' X2 d ^7 F: E5 T# {/ H; G
- p6 S/ v% K+ D! x ?5 A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 100 m.p.h..6 k. h, C4 T" Z7 U
3 n8 k. v- n2 t8 ?) U" v! w9 y人打喷嚏时,嘴里的气流速度超过每小时100英里。& P3 B5 I' p% L
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6 More people use blue toothbrushes, than red ones.
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用蓝色牙刷的人比用红色的人多。. y' r! t% B( C' l4 {
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7 The most used letter in the English alphabet is "E", and "Q" is the least used.3 O3 W2 n. X) M$ A. W
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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。6 y) C+ U! Y3 s
5 G3 @ R, r7 f8 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。
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1 M$ T( w$ e3 v4 T7 m" t% t. p9 S9 One in every 4 Americans has appeared on television.
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7 m% k. w+ x6 X7 b0 R/ J每4个美国人中,就有一个人上过电视。( C* ]/ ] Q& B" h1 |
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10 One quarter of the bones in your body are in your feet.
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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.7 n! r# D5 \* G$ Z# q2 J
# R3 i2 Z3 r) R1 o" k d* u人的牙齿几乎和石头一样硬。3 A. r! R9 \* C! S [$ g
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12 The first product to have a bar code was Wrigleys gum.
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; l: ~" C: B$ F' C4 m世界上最早有条形码标记的商品是箭牌香口胶。1 p+ A9 ]1 T& Z. M0 s
" @5 k! R# `9 {2 S( K( ^6 G' K13 No piece of square dry paper can be folded more than 7 times in half.. g- T& U. V8 Y5 N4 v0 d+ U5 ^) }/ n# N
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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。2 @7 k* `8 g7 X7 s2 o# X
9 g0 u- ~, I9 B- j6 s3 S) `# h9 B14 Ancient Egyptians slept on pillows made of stone.% M2 r1 K' Y& {- l
6 Z& e7 @- Z2 d9 G& X9 {. I+ O古代埃及人的枕头是石头做成的。
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* C# `! O+ w" A! ?" v6 S15 The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year.
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# d: ^* ]% H% B, w5 ^8 W2 s* |一个普通人每年要做1460个梦。
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+ l g: s" p6 b; m$ Y8 F/ k16 A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off--it dies from starvation.# G. a; x8 J, E: j7 ^! P9 X2 |: S
7 r" n* q* T; }. z& b" Z蟑螂在被砍头之后还能活几个星期,最后死也是饿死。! R* j1 b5 R0 u. G$ R' S
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17 Dogs and cats, like humans, are either right or left handed.
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$ [0 f# w3 `8 k" V% O C8 M猫狗和人一样也有左、右撇子之分。
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+ p% ~# J2 ~" W9 Z18 The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump. `* p, Z, e" Q" u: K
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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.9 n/ [5 R- v; ~" z2 C) c
+ d6 A6 l# p4 `) c海豚睡觉睁一眼闭一眼。
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% N# v, f0 m7 }5 w20 The placement of a donkey's eyes in its head enables it to see all four feet at all times.
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* J8 E% [" Z0 m& I4 |' I. e驴子眼睛的位置能让它随时看到自己的四条腿。
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/ q: S @. S. o v3 `$ P! X21 The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds.
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鸡的最长飞行纪录是13秒。. ^& I6 P+ X& k; }7 U
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22 Cat urine glows under a black-light./ e7 o) q. q' O, p' V
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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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