Libra这个牌子本土销售的卫生巾，在每个独立包装上和卫生巾背面的贴纸上，总是印着一些五花八门的冷知识（Odd spot)。我搜罗了一些翻译出来，猛看都有点无厘头，但毕竟大部分也都有一些知识和科学做基础。算不上严肃的学习，但读一读也无伤大雅。
The first VCR was made in 1956 and was the size of a piano. 第一台盒式录像机1956年制造，有一架钢琴的尺寸。
The size of your foot is approximately the size of your forearm. 你的脚的尺寸大概是你小臂的尺寸。
Elephants get only two hours of sleep each day. 大象每天只睡两个小时。
In one day, the human brain generates more electrical impulses than all the telephones in the world put together. 一个人的大脑在一天中产生的电脉冲比世界上所有电话加在一起产生的都多。
The largest cell in the human body is the female reproductive cell , the ovum. The smallest is the male sperm. 人体内最大的细胞是女性的生殖细胞-卵子。最小的是男性的精子。
Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave. 葡萄在微波炉里会爆炸。
Barbie is 25cm tall. 芭比娃娃25公分高。
Human thighbones are as strong as concrete. 人类的大腿骨像水泥一样强壮。
Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance. 邱吉尔是在一场舞会的女洗手间出生的。
Ice cream was invented in China around 2000 B.C. 冰激凌于公元前2000年在中国发明。
Because of the rotation of the earth, an object can be thrown further if it is thrown West. 由于地球的转动，一件物品如果往西扔，可以扔得更远。
Ancient Romans believe chickpeas to be a powerful aphrodisiac. 古罗马人相信鹰嘴豆是很有劲儿的春药。
The poisonous copperhead snake smells like fresh cut cucumbers. 有毒的铜头蛇闻着像新切开的黄瓜。
90-95% of all sensory perceptions are accounted for by sight. 90-95%的感官知觉来自视力。
Placing a piece of charcoal, chalk or several mothballs in a toolbox prevents tools from rusting. 在工具箱里放一块木炭，或粉笔，或几个卫生球，可以防止工具生锈。
In the course of an average lifetime you will, while sleeping, eat 70 assorted insects and 10 spiders. 平均来说，你的一生在睡眠中会吃掉70只昆虫和10只蜘蛛。
The average speed of an avalanche is 35km an hour. 雪崩的平均速度是每小时35公里。
Most newborns cry without tears until they are three to six weeks old. 大部分新生儿在3到6周大之前，哭的时候都没有眼泪。
An igloo is so well insulated that you can sit inside without a coat when the outside temperature is as low as -30 degrees. 冰屋的绝缘保温好到外边温度低到零下三十度时，你坐在里面都不用穿大衣。
Plain vanilla is the favourite flavour of any ice cream, making up 29% of all sales. 普通香草味是最受欢迎的冰激凌口味，占总销售的29%。
No piece of paper can be folded in half more than seven times. 没有一张纸能被对折超过七次。
A polar bear's skin is black. Its fur is not white but actually clear. 北极熊的皮肤是黑色的。它的毛不是白色，实际上是透明的。
The blue whale weighs 50 tonnes at birth and as much as 150 tonnes fully grown. 蓝鲸出生时体重50吨，成年后可以达到150吨。
A violin contains about 70 individual pieces of wood. 一架小提琴包括大概70块独立的木头。
The human brain is about 85% water. 人类的大脑85%是水。
The world's oldest piece of chewing gum is over 9000 years old. 时间上最古老的口香糖有9000多年了。
It is physicaly impossible for pigs to look up to the sky. 从生理结构上而言，猪是不可能抬头望天的。
By law, every child in Belgium must take harmonica lessons at primary school. 在比利时，法律规定每个孩子在小学都要上口琴课。
The average person is about a quarter of an inch taller at night. 一般人在夜晚身高高四分之一英寸。
There are more plastic flamingos in America than real ones. 美国的塑料火烈鸟比真鸟多。
Swans are the only birds with penises. 天鹅是唯一有阴茎的鸟类。
A snail can sleep for three years. 蜗牛可以睡三年。
A full moon always rises at sunset. 满月总是在日落时升起。
Chicken soup was believed to be an aphrodisiac during the Middle Ages. 鸡汤在中世纪被当做春药。
On average, women say 7000 words per day. Men manage just over 2000. 平均来说，女人每天说7000 个字。男人也就刚过2000。
Cold water weighs less than hot water. 冷水比热水轻。
It takes approximately seven years for a lobster to grow to be about a kilogram. 龙虾大概用七年才能长到一公斤。
Honey is the only food that does not spoil. 蜂蜜是唯一不会变质的食品。
If laid out in a straight line, the average adult's circulatory system would be long enough to circle Earth 2 and a half times. 如果摆成一条直线，一个一般成年人的循环系统足够绕地球两圈半。
You are more likely to be attacked by a cow than a shark. 你被一头牛攻击的可能性大于鲨鱼的攻击。
The pupil of an eye expands as much as 45% when a person looks at something pleasing. 当看到赏心悦目的东西时，一个人眼睛的瞳孔能放大45%。
Seals sleep underwater and surface for air without waking. 海豹在水下睡觉，在睡眠中浮上水面呼吸。
80% of all rose species in the world come from Asia. 世界上80%的玫瑰花种类源于亚洲。
The average human body contains enough potassium to fire a toy cannon. 一个一般人体内含的钾足可以点燃一门玩具炮。
The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by the Egyptians in 2000 B.C. 已知的最早的避孕方法是公元前2000年古埃及人使用的鳄鱼粪便。
More people are killed annually by donkeys than die in air crashes. 每年死于驴的人数多于死于空难的人数。
The human eye sees everything upside down, but the brain turns everything right side up. 人类的眼睛看任何东西都是上下颠倒的，但是大脑又把颠倒的图像转回来。
Babies have the strongest sense of smell. They can recognise their mothers by scent. 婴儿有最强的嗅觉。他们能通过气味辨别出母亲。
50,000 cells in your body will have died and been replaced by new cells while you have been reading this sentence. 你读这个句子的工夫，你身体里五万个细胞死了，又被新细胞代替。
Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue prints are different. 像指纹一样，每个人有不同的舌头的纹路。
The reason honey is so easy to digest is that it's already been digested by bees. 蜂蜜如此易消化的原因是它已经被蜜蜂消化过了。
The honeybee kills more people worldwide than all the poisonous snakes combined. 全世界死于蜜蜂的人多于死于毒蛇的人。
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. 鸵鸟的眼睛大于它的大脑。
One quarter of the bones in your body are in your feet. 你身体中四分之一的骨头在你的双脚。
Some lions mate over 50 times a day. 有些狮子一天交配50次以上。
Babies are born without knee caps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2-6 years of age. 婴儿出生时没有膝盖骨。它们在孩子长到两到六岁时才出现。
Bats are the only mammal that can fly. 蝙蝠是唯一能飞的哺乳动物。
The average human body makes enough carbon for 900 pencils. 一个一般的人体可以产生足够生产900支铅笔的碳。
Our eyes are always the same from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing. 我们的眼睛从出生就不变，但我们的鼻子和耳朵从不停止生长。
More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call. 世界上超过50%的人从未打过或接听过电话。
If the stomach did not store food, people would have to eat every 20 minutes. 如果胃不能储存食物，人每过20分钟就要吃东西。
On average, people fear spiders more than death. 平均来说，人对蜘蛛的恐惧大于对死亡的恐惧。
The cheetah is the only cat that can't retract its claws. 猎豹是唯一不能缩回爪子的猫科动物。
It snowed in the Sahara Desert on February 18, 1979. 1979年2月18日撒哈拉沙漠下雪了。
Tomatoes were originally thought to be poisonous. 最初人们认为西红柿是有毒的。
Each year, insects eat one third of the world's food crop. 每年昆虫吃掉世界上三分之一的粮食。
Prior to the 1930s, diamond rings were rarely given as engagement ring. 二十世纪三十年代以前，钻戒很少被用来做订婚戒指。
While performing her duties as Queen, Cleopatra sometimes wore a fake beard. 埃及女王在履行做为女王的职责时，有时戴上假胡子。
23% of all photocopier faults are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their buttocks. 23%的复印机的故障是由于人坐在上面复印自己的屁股造成的。
Clams have a row of eyes around their shells. 蛤蜊的壳外圈长着一排眼睛。
In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10. 在大多数广告里，表上显示的时间都是10:10。
Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn't wear pants. 芬兰禁止唐老鸭，因为它不穿裤子。
The highest temperature on record was 57.78 degrees on 13 September 1992, in Azizia, Libya. 有记录以来最高的气温是1992年9月13日在利比亚的阿齐济耶，达到57.78摄氏度。
A man's voice is deeper than a woman's because males have longer vocal chords. 男人的嗓音比女人低是因为他们有更长的声带。
The largest pumpkin ever grown recorded a weight of 482kg. 世界上最大的南瓜重达482公斤。
The Inca Indians of Panama tie a string of chillies behind their boat to repel sharks. 巴拿马的印加人在船后拴一串辣椒，用来驱赶鲨鱼。
120 drops of water fill a teaspoon. 一茶匙是120滴水。
The US bought Florida from Spain. 佛罗里达是美国从西班牙手里买的。
Four tablespoons of tomato sauce contains the nutritional equivalant of a medium sized tomato. 四勺西红柿酱的营养相当于一个中等大小的西红柿。
The average adult eyeball weighs under 30 grams. 一般人的眼球都不足30克。
The koala is one of the few land animals that does not require water to survive. 考拉是陆地上很少的几种不需要水也能存活的动物之一。
The Nobel Peace Prize medal depicts three naked men with their hands on each other's shoulders. 诺贝尔和平奖章上是三个手放在彼此肩上的裸体男人。
It takes about 550 peanuts to make one jar of peanut butter. 一瓶花生酱大概需要550颗花生。
Frogs never drink. They absorb water from their surroundings by osmosis. 青蛙从不饮水。它们通过渗透吸收周围的水分。
Only fully grown male crickets can chirp. 只有完全成熟的公蟋蟀才能鸣叫。
The average person spends 2 weeks of their life waiting for a traffic light to change. 平均来说，一个人要用生命中的两星期等待交通灯变绿。
Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backward. 鸸鹋和袋鼠都不能倒着走。
Due to its eye placement a donkey can see all of its hooves at the same time. 驴的眼睛能同时看到自己所有蹄子。
In ancient Rome, oysters were so highly prized that they were sold for their weight in gold. 在古罗马，生蚝身价贵如黄金。
The cashew nut belongs to the poison ivy family. 腰果仁属于毒藤科。
A large cumulonimbus cloud can hold enough water for 500,000 baths. 一片大的积雨云带的水可以装满五十万个浴缸。
Green tea has 50% more vitamin C than black tea. 绿茶的维生素C含量比红茶多50%。
During menstruation, the sensitivity of a woman's middle finger is reduced. 月经期间，女性的中指的敏感度会降低。
Strawberries are the only fruit whose seeds grow on the outside. 草莓是唯一的种子长在外面的水果。
90% of all living things in the sea are made up of plankton. 海洋生物的90%是浮游生物。
The tulip actually originated in Turkey, not Holland. 郁金香原产于土耳其，不是荷兰。
Experts say the common cold will delay a child's growth for the cold's duration. 专家称孩子在平常的感冒期间发育暂停。
The left lung is smaller than the right, allowing room for your heart. 左边的肺小于右边，留出心脏的空间。
Botanically, true berries include grape, tomato and eggplant, but not raspberries and blackberries. 按植物学划分，浆果包括葡萄，西红柿和茄子，不包括树莓（覆盆子）和黑莓。
People living at high altitudes have more red blood cells than people living at sea level. 生活在高海拔地区的人有更多的红血球。
The first vacuum was so large it was brought to a house by horses. 最早的吸尘器大到要用几匹马来拉。
Podiatrists state that the average pair of feet travel about 190,000km in a life time. 足科医生称平均一双脚一生要走十九万公里。
Owls are reportedly the only birds that can see the colour blue. 据称猫头鹰是唯一能看到蓝色的鸟类。
Tuna suffocate if they stop swimming. 金枪鱼如果停止游泳，就会窒息。
Your feet are bigger in the afternoon than at any other time of the day. 你的脚在下午时比在一天其它时间都大。
Chickens can travel up to 15km per hour. 鸡可以达到每小时15公里的速度。
On average a cow produces 40 glasses of milk daily. 一头牛平均每天出40杯牛奶。
Rabbits are born hairless and with closed eyes; hares are born covered with fur and with open eyes. 家兔出生时没有毛，闭着眼；野兔出生时就有毛，睁着眼。
Fingernails grow faster on your favoured hand. 你惯用的手的指甲长得快。
Chickens will not walk on ice. 鸡不会在冰上走。
Never for one minute trust a sleeping snake. They can see through their eyelids. 千万别相信蛇在睡觉。它们能通过眼皮看到你。
The average loaf of bread is more than a third water. 一块一般的面包三分之一都是水。
Human share about 50% of their DNA with bananas. 人类和香蕉有大约50%的基因是相同的。
最重要的，最后一条：
Seeing somebody else smile actually makes you happier. 看到他人微笑，确实能使你快乐一些。
让我们都做使别人快乐的人吧！Ready, set, SMILE!
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