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。  
　　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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　　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。
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　　4 Most lipstick contains fish scales.
% Q, S9 ^2 G3 c# O# x　　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..
/ \5 y5 v0 r/ {! l2 l0 ~　　人打喷嚏时，嘴里的气流速度超过每小时100英里。

　　6 More people use blue toothbrushes, than red ones.
5 K- l# K6 h+ ]5 V6 Z. W　　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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% `% ?& Y/ w6 S　　8 Every 45 seconds, a house catches on fire in the United States.
* }8 r' h% _/ P8 T! y$ G　　在美国，每45秒就有一所房子着火。

& t/ a' F, ?: z0 M8 _8 U% h　　9 One in every 4 Americans has appeared on television.
5 U: e) T6 `4 c) E. Y) F　　每4个美国人中，就有一个人上过电视。

　　10 One quarter of the bones in your body are in your feet.
　　人体内的骨头有1/4集中在双脚上。

　　11 Human teeth are almost as hard as rocks.
' a8 G7 G. p% |, J　　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。
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9 y7 f; A& c/ ^* W' {0 z: U$ C4 ?　　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。

2 S. Y. a4 Y1 a( O$ c6 G* }5 g: Z$ c8 L　　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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　　15 The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year.
　　一个普通人每年要做1460个梦。

! H+ I$ e* o' s　　16 A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off--it dies from starvation.
4 k0 q' x( ?. l7 j  g: t* G　　蟑螂在被砍头之后还能活几个星期，最后死也是饿死。

　　17 Dogs and cats, like humans, are either right or left handed.
1 }' Q4 o! \/ k　　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.
　　大象是唯一一种不会跳的哺乳类动物。
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　　19 Dolphins sleep with one eye open.
　　海豚睡觉睁一眼闭一眼。
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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.
0 @) o, Z7 E0 S# I5 }- o　　驴子眼睛的位置能让它随时看到自己的四条腿。
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　　21 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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　　22 Cat urine glows under a black-light.
) C" }2 x& d2 R" v, G( Y* {' H4 Q　　猫尿能在黑光灯下发光。

6 Q4 q, `) I0 L　　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。