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1 Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lightning than women.8 ~8 a- x% ^$ x3 a5 ?
9 ^5 t$ j7 a2 Y* E7 I5 W男人被闪电击中的概率比女人高5倍。 5 ` A7 o6 T8 t
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2 Over 2500 left handed people a year are killed from using products made for right handed people.2 Z" i8 U2 H" w8 j# V# @$ T
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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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9 t8 P9 \5 a" F9 [: l3 V P6 n+ I# J3 Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie., U+ A; D$ @' w! c2 U
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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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8 O- ?7 R3 g1 f( ~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..0 J5 i0 x$ K# [7 }0 Q
: J1 V5 f- S; F8 j1 b6 ]人打喷嚏时,嘴里的气流速度超过每小时100英里。7 X1 G: @/ A6 t1 y+ j
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6 More people use blue toothbrushes, than red ones.
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+ h9 p4 U9 s- S2 M. K! |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.. S( n. y6 d, G: ?+ [; i
3 h5 s' ?/ G( M! ^- s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。" X7 Z2 g* u5 i4 J
1 U6 K) {: e% q' h I8 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。# V* W8 x; r/ o4 n7 A7 v
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9 One in every 4 Americans has appeared on television.4 @) t5 a$ T* T- B) c+ `% i
, X3 Q3 U8 ~" |9 _5 f3 ?每4个美国人中,就有一个人上过电视。
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1 [/ X! m+ H" k' A. p10 One quarter of the bones in your body are in your feet.- _, @ p7 s' R) g
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人体内的骨头有1/4集中在双脚上。* B: T( V/ {4 n+ z3 q
+ P% _4 c t# k3 c$ O: b: g11 Human teeth are almost as hard as rocks.% i0 w X; T! x7 _* z
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人的牙齿几乎和石头一样硬。4 m5 A2 z0 Y7 @# B$ _
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12 The first product to have a bar code was Wrigleys gum.
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世界上最早有条形码标记的商品是箭牌香口胶。& I9 Z3 B1 Z9 n9 n7 o5 k7 P
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13 No piece of square dry paper can be folded more than 7 times in half.6 U$ _& H d& f3 ]( V& G# @
& a4 U4 G8 K4 h' B任何一张干燥的方型纸片都不能被对折超过7次以上。4 v- Y- H2 i- |, @# s( b. \$ p0 w
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14 Ancient Egyptians slept on pillows made of stone.4 }* @# v4 M; L1 L
3 {0 W4 S/ G" H' h# H( l6 @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.0 I& l% U$ w& O% d: E8 a4 D
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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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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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& K3 a& {4 @ G* P# |, B17 Dogs and cats, like humans, are either right or left handed.8 d" z4 J0 B4 d. y
: E9 v+ M1 U: x% x5 t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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大象是唯一一种不会跳的哺乳类动物。2 p+ k2 ^8 O4 T# ~) ^
$ Y6 S7 r2 ~3 G9 j( w6 ]" }5 L19 Dolphins sleep with one eye open.0 Y- D) K1 C, K/ T! [
3 @/ L$ i! s6 }" v w( k* C海豚睡觉睁一眼闭一眼。 . z9 B. X3 ]7 z Q: p
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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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$ ]4 A, u' o6 v O7 E驴子眼睛的位置能让它随时看到自己的四条腿。
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6 |5 [% M# A4 \: l5 p. H: ^21 The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds.
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& m! D4 v7 O- n9 W+ J, t! D鸡的最长飞行纪录是13秒。3 v. | j( @8 n; c, B7 r
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22 Cat urine glows under a black-light.
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: ?) O5 E9 T. [/ ?& h) `猫尿能在黑光灯下发光。' M* |( p. W6 x7 B. \
' r- d( S F- W23 Over 10,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows.- T+ ^0 a- s( A0 v2 \
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