托福趣味阅读：23个有意思的生活真相

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　生活中有很多事情需要大家细心观察和发现，比如以下这23个有意思的日常生活真相。  
2 z5 C2 P6 S+ ^3 i　　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。

) p5 P. e: A0 Q/ @2 a　　2 Over 2500 left handed people a year are killed from using products made for right handed people.
　　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.
　　每次你舔邮票的背面时，你就吃下了1/10个卡路里。

; h/ B, u; d( i) ~, {　　4 Most lipstick contains fish scales.
$ m( o0 P7 V# ~. ^) p. J　　绝大部分的唇膏里都含有鱼鳞成分。
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) E: V# d& n1 `0 W- D: E　　5 A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 100 m.p.h..
. @) `8 ^2 q! C1 L* h5 v1 F- {9 Q　　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.
& N3 ]2 J  i% q5 V( l) m) V　　用蓝色牙刷的人比用红色的人多。

　　7 The most used letter in the English alphabet is "E", and "Q" is the least used.
　　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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　　8 Every 45 seconds, a house catches on fire in the United States.
　　在美国，每45秒就有一所房子着火。

　　9 One in every 4 Americans has appeared on television.
　　每4个美国人中，就有一个人上过电视。

# e3 [8 N) d& u; U　　10 One quarter of the bones in your body are in your feet.
$ r  i: |3 Q6 Z" }9 l1 J　　人体内的骨头有1/4集中在双脚上。

　　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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　12 The first product to have a bar code was Wrigleys gum. 　　世界上最早有条形码标记的商品是箭牌香口胶。

　　13 No piece of square dry paper can be folded more than 7 times in half.
　　任何一张干燥的方型纸片都不能被对折超过7次以上。

　　14 Ancient Egyptians slept on pillows made of stone.
9 }1 W+ Z- D% ~/ A6 i6 l　　古代埃及人的枕头是石头做成的。

; o% p& V/ Q5 P# E6 `0 o* f　　15 The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year.
; h$ F6 G; ~3 l　　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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- e+ B+ `  n* {) p# A　　17 Dogs and cats, like humans, are either right or left handed.
　　猫狗和人一样也有左、右撇子之分。

　　18 The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump.
　　大象是唯一一种不会跳的哺乳类动物。
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2 s9 d' ^% C6 i" b3 c　　19 Dolphins sleep with one eye open.
6 H/ c4 M, ~; C8 j& B: Q7 w　　海豚睡觉睁一眼闭一眼。

　　20 The placement of a donkey's eyes in its head enables it to see all four feet at all times.
5 N3 u3 Z% O9 I5 ]7 P% Q' i　　驴子眼睛的位置能让它随时看到自己的四条腿。

　　21 The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds.
　　鸡的最长飞行纪录是13秒。

; d5 j2 A, C, H* W　　22 Cat urine glows under a black-light.
' _9 N+ k1 C( G, Y0 g( U　　猫尿能在黑光灯下发光。
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　　23 Over 10,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows.
　　每年有超过一万只鸟因为撞到窗户上死亡。