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1 Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lightning than women.$ f+ k2 r* ?/ w. m9 w
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男人被闪电击中的概率比女人高5倍。
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2 Over 2500 left handed people a year are killed from using products made for right handed people.
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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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3 Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.: ?8 k) [' S! ?, f3 o
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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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4 Most lipstick contains fish scales.
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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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+ g8 a* l( k( l, D# P* C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.+ ~1 Y; Z) j& }& k. ]+ P
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用蓝色牙刷的人比用红色的人多。
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! n4 Y8 T ]* m7 n1 P7 The most used letter in the English alphabet is "E", and "Q" is the least used.
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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。* [- }4 j% X0 p
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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。# ~- P4 `2 k3 Q5 u
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9 One in every 4 Americans has appeared on television.5 o7 Q {; S4 w0 i1 n9 s( j. X
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每4个美国人中,就有一个人上过电视。- H5 M' Y( A. ]/ y
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10 One quarter of the bones in your body are in your feet.9 J- \$ B/ O1 h9 H1 i* d9 h
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人体内的骨头有1/4集中在双脚上。/ B. B0 o3 [7 Q4 _8 C7 k7 H; |
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11 Human teeth are almost as hard as rocks.5 f1 ^3 O* W: n/ b
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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.
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0 w' ^2 X7 H U$ U世界上最早有条形码标记的商品是箭牌香口胶。; J! ^, ]. w+ H* M! Z6 a5 B# I% K
2 x2 `* Q& a, k" |3 q: F13 No piece of square dry paper can be folded more than 7 times in half./ i0 A2 a- ^7 |
5 V2 f% T; u* g% v" T, Z任何一张干燥的方型纸片都不能被对折超过7次以上。* J: x$ a5 D+ _5 F0 g" ^8 u, ]
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14 Ancient Egyptians slept on pillows made of stone.
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古代埃及人的枕头是石头做成的。
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15 The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year.
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3 X# V4 \- Z- V* A一个普通人每年要做1460个梦。/ x' [: E z" i( r& f" Y
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16 A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off--it dies from starvation.8 ]; Z, f% y1 H! z
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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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+ ^1 w! R: G5 @! x" C17 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。
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* B9 w5 M) X: Y8 P9 g0 T18 The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump.
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大象是唯一一种不会跳的哺乳类动物。5 I: k# ~9 W1 J. [# P$ H
; C2 Y# r. N7 v. ~% ?19 Dolphins sleep with one eye open.7 |$ \, C8 I0 }8 A0 G: M5 m9 ?, U
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- M. R" N6 H2 z5 n20 The placement of a donkey's eyes in its head enables it to see all four feet at all times.
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' B& u- x/ @4 b- s( Z, l9 F' p驴子眼睛的位置能让它随时看到自己的四条腿。
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Z" S h8 P$ }2 q% |4 ~8 m21 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。2 t8 l5 |5 T7 s7 Y$ y' n7 T
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22 Cat urine glows under a black-light.
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23 Over 10,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows.
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