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1 Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lightning than women.
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4 e; _& Y# V V* ?7 m男人被闪电击中的概率比女人高5倍。
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* Y, T. s. J/ ?. F; L2 Over 2500 left handed people a year are killed from using products made for right handed people.- }0 M; I+ `+ f' G' F
( p9 ~7 j9 u" c# t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。" \8 o4 h3 |' S2 b4 z- D7 T7 G, w3 w
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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。
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. q8 E, ~) \ L4 L9 y* z4 Most lipstick contains fish scales.
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' p8 Q7 {- F8 Z S! d6 w- c( _绝大部分的唇膏里都含有鱼鳞成分。* ?2 o4 d8 Z) P9 U# k! S7 S% B
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5 A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 100 m.p.h..0 |9 x( o/ M) o4 L. }; ?
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人打喷嚏时,嘴里的气流速度超过每小时100英里。( F' Z" L1 `" b/ c
# E, E! D5 Z4 i2 h6 More people use blue toothbrushes, than red ones.
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; s& N4 ]. e5 e7 {& [, g用蓝色牙刷的人比用红色的人多。0 t7 V+ j! Q- m& d* A
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7 The most used letter in the English alphabet is "E", and "Q" is the least used.* Y# H% N7 ^1 p$ H1 f. @
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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。
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?0 V+ e# h2 A# v5 q8 Every 45 seconds, a house catches on fire in the United States.( d% p) d, z0 i# m/ t4 C
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在美国,每45秒就有一所房子着火。: c. K5 M% z2 r
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9 One in every 4 Americans has appeared on television.
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6 u/ ~' B) x* C# n2 q每4个美国人中,就有一个人上过电视。2 p' J4 a/ Y- H* }6 q! k
. `: A0 D& g- ]/ C2 r8 ^3 F10 One quarter of the bones in your body are in your feet.1 J- X' x+ w: D. i8 v
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人体内的骨头有1/4集中在双脚上。0 A, O' B, Y3 G- D
# X5 K$ N; z3 u% i, D; Z5 g11 Human teeth are almost as hard as rocks.- P/ y) ^. i* o0 a5 c8 t5 R' s
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人的牙齿几乎和石头一样硬。! L4 ~1 n) Y6 V" X
; j( `8 X& v, w3 `12 The first product to have a bar code was Wrigleys gum. `8 ]5 p- [& T2 K6 f
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世界上最早有条形码标记的商品是箭牌香口胶。
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13 No piece of square dry paper can be folded more than 7 times in half.8 Z0 x" L$ g, W; ]) n& d
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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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( H$ c3 q) C( G1 b/ _14 Ancient Egyptians slept on pillows made of stone.
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8 w C/ \ j. t' k% ]" F7 F古代埃及人的枕头是石头做成的。
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( |+ I, B9 U/ K. b15 The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year.% d5 F1 z0 o q
' J' S/ p' O3 T+ V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.) C: S5 t. r1 F+ T3 B5 t; @0 B
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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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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。0 B$ u; F" F/ m" u7 E! z
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18 The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump.3 P/ ]3 C9 g: Y' A; m, O
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大象是唯一一种不会跳的哺乳类动物。
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/ d% F! J Q. u; S19 Dolphins sleep with one eye open.9 r: u/ s7 e! G3 g
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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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驴子眼睛的位置能让它随时看到自己的四条腿。4 f I( [1 [. N ]
$ |. y* I# ~4 a7 ~. ^21 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。$ ? H; x3 o( l' N1 {+ D- y
) z" Y: }; v1 C+ G- r) @22 Cat urine glows under a black-light.
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4 Z# n' Q8 R+ ^+ K7 Z) m- w, J+ X; T. `( E23 Over 10,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows. u4 |, h6 p! z. k" h
7 @( W- U* {1 h' `; B每年有超过一万只鸟因为撞到窗户上死亡。 |
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