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1 Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lightning than women.0 ^$ d5 u) s. u M0 L2 R4 L6 }. R
( i' S) {" z8 t: s. \2 E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.( N( J( z0 O# p& A N& K1 l: \
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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。! D7 ^( Q |0 b& m
# h( k, V/ v7 b; k. I" \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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2 W% t% x* L, z: ]5 A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 100 m.p.h..% m9 I: F! a: y
/ l2 n+ v" r/ b' R人打喷嚏时,嘴里的气流速度超过每小时100英里。
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8 P; ]; ^9 {7 e# A5 y: S6 More people use blue toothbrushes, than red ones./ @ w5 P- n! z0 I! h3 U
?2 `& a" c4 O$ @/ |) s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.; x3 G) E8 _" d" W4 F- i
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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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g8 @! z# f4 R1 R+ [3 ?; e1 Z; J8 Every 45 seconds, a house catches on fire in the United States.
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1 J8 g/ G7 {: h5 Q7 C# l; F, O在美国,每45秒就有一所房子着火。7 n L* J; O8 L1 [. P$ f, A& y8 E! {
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9 One in every 4 Americans has appeared on television.
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10 One quarter of the bones in your body are in your feet.3 Y2 u, x( M, P; \
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/ i. b6 K+ Z! d4 _' ^7 X8 h7 Q11 Human teeth are almost as hard as rocks.' C& s& D8 S: F1 {0 R8 E) Q
4 m4 z- v P% Q8 N% t6 {4 Z# R! s人的牙齿几乎和石头一样硬。
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/ r% P8 k; W# }( s12 The first product to have a bar code was Wrigleys gum.
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4 K2 t/ ?4 r" A, z8 q2 F9 K$ c世界上最早有条形码标记的商品是箭牌香口胶。( q# y& W% H& d& y! u8 \- X4 k
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13 No piece of square dry paper can be folded more than 7 times in half.
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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。# h& W+ Z2 B2 L( k C9 @: G
+ g' S% F& X% V7 j- T. P2 N14 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。6 W# X8 @# G+ H1 S/ S
4 M% b% [8 f2 k( S! @15 The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year.7 ] s, g7 O( S% Z( h
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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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$ }8 e: \+ Q& B o5 D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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% V) m T6 N+ ?6 L7 }17 Dogs and cats, like humans, are either right or left handed.$ f! b. n9 R$ k. u: K
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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.
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8 ^% b& d2 b( ?' N大象是唯一一种不会跳的哺乳类动物。
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: O3 m+ ~& [- A% H19 Dolphins sleep with one eye open.* W5 |+ H0 _7 [- J; M
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* ?0 ]: a: Z1 L- |( h* z20 The placement of a donkey's eyes in its head enables it to see all four feet at all times.
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2 e( q; E; C" L, [& e# b驴子眼睛的位置能让它随时看到自己的四条腿。* [$ |1 l& T# G1 n
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21 The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds.
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5 x. C6 f) x9 e3 U鸡的最长飞行纪录是13秒。
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22 Cat urine glows under a black-light.: x. K# l6 x ]4 T
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猫尿能在黑光灯下发光。7 K' G3 g% `" j* M' t
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23 Over 10,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows.
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" W+ h" i) G+ S( b; G每年有超过一万只鸟因为撞到窗户上死亡。 |
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