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1 Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lightning than women.1 c$ X @- m0 R7 n; Y' L4 y
/ r0 m1 G; a2 c1 s7 ?/ t1 a男人被闪电击中的概率比女人高5倍。 8 C( X9 Q" E1 |$ H$ Y
# t. k1 \& ], K2 Over 2500 left handed people a year are killed from using products made for right handed people.' {2 q" T z3 X/ e
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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。
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$ t# d& _( W/ \7 z" h' y) c" z) K3 Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.
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7 |0 `, E" i, A6 M* y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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2 c, q5 U7 V4 S# u% L4 Most lipstick contains fish scales.2 C0 p( a: D3 N* ?" ^
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绝大部分的唇膏里都含有鱼鳞成分。
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5 A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 100 m.p.h..
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人打喷嚏时,嘴里的气流速度超过每小时100英里。% Q# V6 G/ b( J
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6 More people use blue toothbrushes, than red ones.& p( Y; {2 L8 M( Q8 Y
/ Q9 ~* z3 v8 O/ u1 Z- ~5 ?5 M" A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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; U1 q: ]0 x4 g5 K5 K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。/ A T+ R6 R2 H8 o% i
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8 Every 45 seconds, a house catches on fire in the United States.: ?( b9 {1 p8 r- a' H2 ?
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在美国,每45秒就有一所房子着火。1 A; D9 Q! H. K5 }: H
5 d9 O7 Q& }' P. z) T9 One in every 4 Americans has appeared on television.
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O5 h# r% g: M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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7 j( y3 d8 t+ x9 O) `人体内的骨头有1/4集中在双脚上。
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7 y( `. n$ M/ F1 t* m, G" H3 {( U11 Human teeth are almost as hard as rocks.
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人的牙齿几乎和石头一样硬。
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12 The first product to have a bar code was Wrigleys gum.6 R) U( r3 s/ I5 Q5 K
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世界上最早有条形码标记的商品是箭牌香口胶。; V& t' D7 o. A8 f5 y( E# j- E9 A
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13 No piece of square dry paper can be folded more than 7 times in half.2 ]" o0 \) i' h" F) v
$ c1 V$ M( w5 S! I7 h7 w8 q# R5 S3 P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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" B. R4 z+ T. }0 y8 u& V14 Ancient Egyptians slept on pillows made of stone.3 `! `* y& E' ^. m) `+ w0 y" J( X
0 n9 R3 l# X. \2 u: R, v古代埃及人的枕头是石头做成的。( v# W& \# y+ f( `& y
( X+ U p ?0 n5 W+ ^6 P15 The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year.+ \6 Z/ @0 o, H3 ^, U* P2 _: z1 \
0 n) B% g5 B3 W' C8 E' I一个普通人每年要做1460个梦。6 n* G; O8 {+ P3 }7 |; Z
; E) c% f) m$ B; o4 ?. y16 A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off--it dies from starvation.+ {3 B3 r0 B. k6 ~2 B m; D/ ]1 t
: E. b! O& q1 C0 i蟑螂在被砍头之后还能活几个星期,最后死也是饿死。: g8 @9 Z- E9 a7 K; x* u
9 z+ O6 ~/ k2 p, c( T17 Dogs and cats, like humans, are either right or left handed.) e% V! `1 u. `
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B/ n! X9 u/ h' ^: m18 The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump.
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# l4 ]1 v G" _7 J! k9 o( f3 U大象是唯一一种不会跳的哺乳类动物。
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* ]$ c; z; P$ x& j7 o* W" [19 Dolphins sleep with one eye open.) ~' K' n6 {2 U7 X% e6 G
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海豚睡觉睁一眼闭一眼。
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5 M0 F4 z) `- Y0 V4 v) F% m/ H# t20 The placement of a donkey's eyes in its head enables it to see all four feet at all times.
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% W6 e6 I( @; `! K" X驴子眼睛的位置能让它随时看到自己的四条腿。
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. m4 m' P7 j* S- [4 }21 The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds.
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1 I! p) x! W2 ~" `鸡的最长飞行纪录是13秒。! ]6 ]2 S1 H2 B/ `/ I
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22 Cat urine glows under a black-light.
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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.% J: y( b2 J0 ]
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