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1 Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lightning than women.
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男人被闪电击中的概率比女人高5倍。 0 G" ^: W# M) H# \, @
+ f8 x( f9 h0 D0 p% ]4 j2 Over 2500 left handed people a year are killed from using products made for right handed people.9 X" r, }/ ~, b# c5 ^1 o: _! {
S+ ?# O) ?; `; [' \" p' e2 _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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3 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。* \! \9 V4 o1 q
' ~ g# ]( E% Q/ Z0 `) [3 I1 z: \4 Most lipstick contains fish scales.* b/ p7 Z, ?0 d
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绝大部分的唇膏里都含有鱼鳞成分。3 m5 s" f2 n' D" g# M
; L p; a; e8 Q$ V' |4 O8 n X" Z5 A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 100 m.p.h..: P* \8 u5 f+ Z5 X% }
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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.5 T# b4 E" X' d# | t' \
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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.
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1 n% c- y) P# O$ G: a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。" i- K2 j- T# e) l9 H' Q
) N! w, i- r" ^* R8 E- D8 Every 45 seconds, a house catches on fire in the United States.4 A* |9 @* D% M J) `6 K- w; a
) g. q* u; L/ Y5 E4 u6 I8 a8 f在美国,每45秒就有一所房子着火。
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9 @, P5 K. n! ~+ b) Z1 R) r$ t9 One in every 4 Americans has appeared on television., A# @1 W* w! \' v* W
7 }; F3 `+ F4 C每4个美国人中,就有一个人上过电视。3 |3 A; w6 N7 F" t* u( N" c$ s
4 u0 K% q' p# O# F& B% q7 z) |10 One quarter of the bones in your body are in your feet.0 a/ X6 Y3 }4 d0 w, T/ P" D
( j4 q; z9 Q+ j6 P$ R6 e9 W7 z, j人体内的骨头有1/4集中在双脚上。( x# `" k! C# V( x8 e/ C, a* \
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11 Human teeth are almost as hard as rocks.5 H& W6 u3 J5 b: t; d4 i
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人的牙齿几乎和石头一样硬。$ C- N. H/ |( `1 ]/ f+ v2 [* r0 V
: L5 {% b" k" M+ I12 The first product to have a bar code was Wrigleys gum. h! ?0 @0 w2 A; `
0 ?3 Z& N: U; t" ?1 Z世界上最早有条形码标记的商品是箭牌香口胶。
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: _. |* p3 J: ]4 Z9 z; U13 No piece of square dry paper can be folded more than 7 times in half.- Q; T' m6 o N3 J( S# S
' @+ j9 b, v8 i' @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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% N8 i& G0 S% d" }14 Ancient Egyptians slept on pillows made of stone. `* ^; t- {& `/ E& V0 H0 S4 D# v
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古代埃及人的枕头是石头做成的。
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+ S( e- Q4 W! H15 The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year.
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a z) u3 v4 X3 i6 I Z3 x- h7 o一个普通人每年要做1460个梦。
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16 A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off--it dies from starvation.
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2 Z: N Q2 M+ }5 O. 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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$ F- [- G. e5 h8 O" a7 W! B% W17 Dogs and cats, like humans, are either right or left handed.
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- `/ r% U9 `) h& t* X猫狗和人一样也有左、右撇子之分。
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18 The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump., G( c; L1 c7 c& u- q; ^; C4 r
* M) D" J0 x0 M! U' M9 F! M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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1 N4 b& \3 S1 j j3 _0 j0 j驴子眼睛的位置能让它随时看到自己的四条腿。( J3 f7 @6 n4 M$ s
" M5 w/ v: y7 _# o$ q! n- @" N21 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。
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22 Cat urine glows under a black-light.# E3 ?& W+ M' h7 G ]$ [
2 Q3 ^' l2 D% R; W0 G猫尿能在黑光灯下发光。
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2 X& H" d* o [23 Over 10,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows.
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& G9 H$ A8 q1 U" ]4 ^每年有超过一万只鸟因为撞到窗户上死亡。 |
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