a dime has 118 ridges around the edge.

　　一角硬币边缘共有118个齿纹。

　　there are more chickens than people in the world.

　　地球上鸡比人还要多。

　　a cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

　　猫的每只耳朵有32块肌肉。

　　a goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.

　　金鱼的记忆广度有三秒钟之多。

　　a shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.

　　鲨鱼是唯一可以双眼眨眼的鱼。

　　a snail can sleep for three years.

　　蜗牛一次睡眠可以长达三年。

　　an ostrich`s eye is bigger than its brain.

　　鸵鸟的眼睛比自己的脑袋还要大。

　　almonds are a member of the peach family.

　　杏仁按植物分类学不是杏，而是桃属中扁桃亚属的植物。

　　babies are born without kneecaps. they don`t appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.

　　婴儿出生时没有膝盖骨，到2至6岁时才长出来。

　　february 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.

　　1865年的2月份是历史记载中唯一没有满月的一个月。

　　the winter of 1932 was so cold that niagara falls froze completely solid.

　　1932年的冬天冷到尼亚加拉瀑布都完成冻冰。

　　in the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.

　　最近的4000年里没有新动物再被驯化过。

　　if the population of china walked past you, 8 abreast, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.

　　如果让所有的中国人按8个一排并肩从你身边经过，你将永远不会看到尽头，因为他们的生长率会使人数连绵不绝。

　　if you are an average american, in your whole life, you will spend an average of 6 months waiting at red lights.

　　如果你是个普通美国人，你一生中将有6个月时间是在等待红灯中度过的。

　　leonardo da vinci invented the scissors.

　　达芬奇发明了剪刀。

　　al capone`s business card said he was a used furniture dealer.

　　黑社会大亨阿尔卡邦(al capone)名片上写的是旧家具商。

　　on a canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the parliament building is an american flag.

　　加拿大的2元钞票上，国会大楼上飘扬的旗是美国国旗。

　　peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite!