23个有趣的生活真相

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1 Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lightning than women.
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- X$ L# X# K; r; e- F! t; U男人被闪电击中的概率比女人高5倍。　
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4 d; y. `+ k# L# U4 q: D1 B7 C2 Over 2500 left handed people a year are killed from using products made for right handed people.
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& I: }8 ]& ^$ c/ \+ u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。

3 Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.
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& f5 S" Y+ ~4 u- x# j; \每次你舔邮票的背面时，你就吃下了1/10个卡路里。

4 Most lipstick contains fish scales.
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; w  G, I1 J8 k绝大部分的唇膏里都含有鱼鳞成分。

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。
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1 r( Z7 Y) \7 L  |/ {6 More people use blue toothbrushes, than red ones.
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/ p) [  a8 |7 S9 t' N1 U  w! F  v用蓝色牙刷的人比用红色的人多。

5 }  R* \* l  d0 R& i3 M7 The most used letter in the English alphabet is "E", and "Q" is the least used.
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8 w+ o8 o* W8 l5 W5 h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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1 i; m6 w3 J( H- K8 X# I  e8 Every 45 seconds, a house catches on fire in the United States.
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  t4 _8 D7 @1 s" k) [' @! D) s在美国，每45秒就有一所房子着火。
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9 One in every 4 Americans has appeared on television.

/ v) u4 Y$ T' Z- q9 i6 j/ h每4个美国人中，就有一个人上过电视。

) F' t) c, s+ H) Z10 One quarter of the bones in your body are in your feet.
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4 x  h6 d( k; {0 F8 d5 A人体内的骨头有1/4集中在双脚上。
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6 k* q4 v6 K% ~11 Human teeth are almost as hard as rocks.

人的牙齿几乎和石头一样硬。

12 The first product to have a bar code was Wrigleys gum.

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13 No piece of square dry paper can be folded more than 7 times in half.
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# |# L. P" G! c3 |+ [9 ^9 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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14 Ancient Egyptians slept on pillows made of stone.

古代埃及人的枕头是石头做成的。
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# F) N) P# v+ c$ U15 The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year.
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2 C% ]9 @! R- M/ s( T( p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.

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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5 b, p& s) ^) E, ^17 Dogs and cats, like humans, are either right or left handed.
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: g# `* G/ G+ b- M5 n5 Z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 k. e$ }! f. b6 k! _大象是唯一一种不会跳的哺乳类动物。

19 Dolphins sleep with one eye open.
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7 ]/ x7 ^# ?7 H( V海豚睡觉睁一眼闭一眼。　
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* R' k/ G2 |7 z! m& p8 p- b/ V20 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。
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% {) K6 R% m# W  u+ g  m21 The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds.

鸡的最长飞行纪录是13秒。
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4 X" V8 ^9 v7 x; L% r- n/ }22 Cat urine glows under a black-light.

猫尿能在黑光灯下发光。

$ P% U7 h2 d/ u2 ~( Z23 Over 10,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows.
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每年有超过一万只鸟因为撞到窗户上死亡。

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原帖由 值班记者 于 2009-5-2 05:09 发表
1 Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lightning than women.

男人被闪电击中的概率比女人高5倍。　

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Because men are always swearing to god.

因为男人经常对天发誓。

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The upstairs is really talented
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11 Human teeth are almost as hard as rocks.

人的牙齿几乎和石头一样硬。
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6 c* w& ?- o( {4 h* p( Q# [0 ALZ咬给石头给我看看