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　　I'll admit I knew a few of these already, but then again I'm practically a certified genius. Worth the read!

　　我承认我知道以下你所不知道的事,但是,我还要强调的是,我实际上是一个认证的天才,绝对值得一读!

　　44 THINGS YOU DIDNT KNOW

　　44件你所不知道的事情

　　1. In Kentucky, 50 percent of the people who get married for the first time are teenagers.

　　在肯塔基，初次结婚的人当中有50%是青少年。

　　2. Kotex was first manufacturer of bandages, during W.W.I.

　　在第一次世界大战期间，高洁丝公司是从绷带制造商起家的。

　　3. Einstein couldn't speak fluently when he was nine. His parents thought he might be retarded.

　　爱因斯坦9岁时候还不能流利地说话，他的父母认为他有可能发育迟缓。

　　4. In Los Angeles, there are fewer people than there are automobiles.

　　在洛杉矶，汽车比人还多。

　　5. About a third of all Americans flush the toilet while they're still sitting on it.

　　大约有三分之一的美国人会在他们还坐在马桶上面的时候冲马桶。

　　6. You're more likely to get stung by a bee on a windy day than in any other weather.

　　相比其他任何天气，在有风的日子里你更加有可能被蜜蜂蜇到。

　　7. An average person laughs about 15 times a day.

　　人平均每天笑15次

　　8. Research indicates that mosquitoes are attracted to people who have recently eaten bananas.

　　研究显示蚊子往往被那些刚吃过香蕉的人所吸引。

　　9. Penguins can jump as high as 6 feet in the air.

　　企鹅跳起来可高达6英尺。

　　10. The average person is about a quarter of an inch taller at night.

　　人一般在晚上的时候会长高四分之一英寸。

　　11. A sneeze zooms out of your mouth at over 600 m.p.h.

　　从你口中打出的喷嚏速度可达每小时600里。

　　12. The condom - made originally of linen - was invented in the early 1500's.

　　安全套最初是用亚麻做的，早在1500年就发明了。

　　13. The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.

　　最早的避孕药是鳄鱼的粪便，公元前2000年埃及人使用过。

　　14. The Neanderthal's brain was bigger than yours is.

　　尼安德特人的大脑比你的大。

　　15. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants.

　　喜剧唐老鸭在芬兰被禁播，因为他没有穿裤子。

　　16. The average bank teller loses about $250 every year.

　　银行出纳平均每年会丢大约250美元。

　　17. In 1980, there was only one country in the world with no telephones - Bhutan.

　　在1980年世界上只有一个国家没有电话---不丹

　　18. Every person has a unique tongue print.

　　每个人的舌纹都是独一无二的。

　　19. Your right lung takes in more air than your left one does.

　　你右肺比你的左肺吸进去的空气多。

　　20. Women's hearts beat faster than men's.

　　女人的心跳比男人的快。

　　21. Pollsters say that 40 percent of dog and cat owners carry pictures of the pets in their wallets.

　　民意调查员说40%的狗和猫的主人会在他们的钱包里放自己宠物的照片。

　　22. Bubble gum contains rubber.

　　泡泡糖里含有橡胶。

　　23. You can only smell 1/20th as well as a dog.

　　你的嗅觉只相当于狗的二十分之一。

　　24. Only 55 percent of all Americans know that the sun is a star.

　　只有55%的美国人知道太阳是恒星。

　　25. The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her hands in Jello.

　　外星人走路的声音是用人的手挤压凝胶发出来的

　　26. Even if you cut off a cockroach's head, it can live for several weeks.

　　即使你把蟑螂的头砍断，它也还能活好几周。

　　27. Most American car horns honk in the key of F.

　　大多数汽车喇叭的叫声是用钥匙F发出来的。

　　28. The world population of chickens is about equal to the number of people.

　　世界上鸡的数量和人的数量大约相等。

　　29. Every time Beethoven sat down to write music, he poured ice water over his head.

　　每次贝多芬坐下来作曲的时候，他都往自己的头上浇冰水。

　　30. In 75% of American households, women manage the money and pay the bills.

　　75% 的美国主妇掌管经济大权并且付款。

　　31. A monkey was once tried and convicted for smoking a cigarette in South Bend, Indiana.

　　在南本德,印第安纳州，一只猴子因为吸烟而受审然后被判有罪。

　　32. It's against the law to catch fish with your bare hands in Kansas.

　　在堪萨斯州徒手抓鱼是违法的。

　　33. Some toothpastes contain antifreeze.

　　一些牙膏里含有防冻剂。

　　34. Sigmund Freud had a morbid fear of ferns.

　　西格蒙德·弗洛伊德对蕨类植物有一种莫名的害怕。

　　35. Bird droppings are the chief export of Nauru, an island nation in the Western Pacific.

　　鸟粪是西太平洋岛国瑙鲁岛最便宜的出口产品。

　　36. There are more plastic flamingos in America than real ones.

　　塑胶火烈鸟玩具的数量比真的火烈鸟还多

　　37. Most lipstick contains fish scales.

　　大多数口红里含有鱼鳞。

　　38. Lee Harvey Oswald's cadaver tag sold at an auction for $6,600 in 1992.

　　1992年，李‧哈维‧奥斯华德的尸体标签被拍卖到了6600美元。

　　39. Hypnotism is banned by public schools in San Diego.

　　催眠在圣地亚哥的公立学校是被禁止的。

　　40. The three best-known western names in China: Jesus Christ, Richard Nixon, and Elvis Presley.

　　中国人最熟悉的三个西方名人：耶稣，理查德·尼克松，埃尔维斯-普雷斯利(猫王)

　　41. When snakes are born with two heads, they fight each other for food.

　　当双头蛇出生的时候，它们会互相抢食物。

　　42. Most cows give more milk when they listen to music.

　　大多数奶牛在听音乐的时候能挤出更多的牛奶。

　　43. 27 percent of U.S. male college students believe life is "a meaningless existential hell."

　　27%的美国男大学生认为人生是毫无意义的关于存在的地狱。

　　44. In 1980, a Las Vegas hospital suspended workers for betting on when patients would die.

　　1980年，拉斯维加斯医院开除了一些工作人员，因为他们打赌病人什么时候会死。