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There's enough carbon in your body to make 900 pencils.  以後舉行喪禮的時候都不用送毛巾了，大家領一枝用遺體做成的鉛筆當成紀念也不錯咧。之前有朋友把親人的骨頭燒一燒變成鑽石可以戴在身上，但據說要花六十還是八十萬台幣，實在不便宜，所以想想還是做成鉛筆比較實用些。 點我看冷知識1 點我看冷知識2 It is illegal to name a pig Napoleon in France.  在法國，如果把豬取名為 拿破崙 可是犯法的喔。但是有一種千層酥甜點不就是叫拿破崙嗎？   This is called a Napoleon dessert. 這種甜點就叫做拿破崙。          Dalmations are born without spots.  大麥町的幼犬是完全沒有斑點的捏。大概要等到出生十天後斑點才會慢慢現形。大家都看過101隻忠狗這卡通，對於大麥町應該都有認識。 看到沒，這就是剛出生不久的Dalmatian puppies，身上可是一片雪白啊，除了耳朵有時候是黑色的之外，身上一個班都沒有。 Santa's costume was originally green.  聖誕老人的衣服，一開始是綠色的。 Teddy bears and other stuffed toys kill more people than real bears.  泰迪熊跟其他的絨毛玩具所殺死的人比真的熊還要多。 這怎麼可能 ？ 數據跟調查顯示，誤食泰迪熊玩具的眼睛可能讓孩童窒息，另外美國也有多起案例是被絨毛玩具或泰迪熊絆倒死亡的。這真的是非常瞎。根據統計，在美國，過去98年來只有82個美國人被真的熊給弄死，但是被泰迪熊或是絨毛玩具給搞死的案例，每年就有22起。類似的官司也很多。 In the last 98 years, 82 Americans have been killed by bears. Compare that to the 22 deaths caused by toys like teddy bears every year. Humans share about 50 % of their D...

新增說明文字 教練很喜歡吸收冷知識，一直覺得這些簡單的英文句子學起來好處多多。不相信？那教練把好處列出來給大家看看： 1. 冷知識都是現成的短句，簡單好記又好用。 2. These fun facts are great ice breakers. 有時候跟人聊天的時候容易辭窮，如果腦袋裡面有幾句這種冷知識句子，就可以讓對話暢行無阻甚至輕鬆「破冰」to break the ice。如上圖這句，教練來給大家一個英文對話情境。 You're having lunch with one of your English speaking friends.  Your friend has just ordered a chicken sandwich.  You: Did you just order a chicken sandwich? Friend: Yup! Why? You: Did you know that chickens can suffer from depression ? Friend: 🙎 You: Hey Amy, can we stay home today? I don't feel like going out anymore. Amy: Why? I thought you wanted to go shopping.  You: Not anymore. I just remembered that most robberies tend to occur on Tuesdays .  Amy: So? You: It's Tuesday today and I don't want to take any chances. I guess it's safer for us to stay home.  Amy: 🙍 Amy: Amy: Have fun learning! 看更多冷知識英文請點我

你無法在臉書上封鎖Mark Zuckerberg. You can't block Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook. 點我看冷知識教你英文1 (有例句) 陽光照射到地球需要8分鐘31秒 It takes 8.32 minutes for the Sun's light to reach Earth. 藍鯨的心臟可以跟一輛車子的重量相當 The heart of a blue whale can weigh as much as a ca r . 貓咪一輩子有70%的時間都在睡覺 Cats sleep for 70% of their lives.   蜂鳥不會走路 Hummingbirds can't walk.