50個(gè)世界上最有趣且真實(shí)存在的事實(shí)

11、There are only three countries in the world that don't use the metric system.

11、世界上只有三個(gè)國家不使用公制系統(tǒng)

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For simplicity's sake, most of the more than 200 countries in the world use the metric system when describing things like length or mass. However, there are three countries that stand out: Liberia, Myanmar, and the United States.

為了方便起見，世界上200個(gè)國家中的大多數(shù)國家在描述長度或質(zhì)量時(shí)都使用公制。然而，有三個(gè)國家利比里亞、緬甸和美國表現(xiàn)例外。

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And soon, that number might be down to two. In 2018, Liberia commerce and industry minister Wilson Tarpeh said the government plans to adopt the metric system in order to promote accountability and transparency in trade, according to the Liberian Observer.

很快，非使用公制國家的數(shù)目可能會減少到2個(gè)。據(jù)《利比里亞觀察家報(bào)》報(bào)道，利比里亞工商部長威爾遜·塔普(Wilson Tarpeh)在2018年表示，為了促進(jìn)貿(mào)易問責(zé)制和透明度，利比里亞商工部長威爾遜·塔普(Wilson Tarpeh)計(jì)劃采用公制。

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12、The longest place name on the planet is 85 letters long.

12、世界上最長的地名有85個(gè)字母

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People who live in Mamungkukumpurangkuntjunya Hill, Australia, need a little patience when it comes to learning to spell their hometown's name. But you know what? So do the folks from Lake Chargoggagoggman-chauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg in Massachusetts and Tweebuffelsmeteen-skootmorsdoodgeskietfontein, South Africa.

居住在澳大利亞Mamungkukumpurangkuntjunya山的人們在學(xué)習(xí)拼寫他們家鄉(xiāng)名字的時(shí)候需要一點(diǎn)耐心。但你可知道?來自馬薩諸塞州Chargoggagoggman-chauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg湖和南非Tweebuffelsmeteen-skootmorsdoodgeskietfontein的人們也是如此。

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None of them have quite as much work to do when jotting down their address as those who live in Taumatawhakatangihanga-koauauotamateaturipukakapikimaung-ahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu, New Zealand, though. At 85 letters long, this is the longest place name in the world.

然而，這些地方的人也沒有像住在新西蘭的Taumatawhakatangihanga-koauauotamateaturipukakapikimaung-ahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu那里的人記得要多。因?yàn)檫@里的地名有85個(gè)字母，是世界上最長的地名。

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13、Four babies are born every second.

13、每1秒就有四個(gè)新生嬰兒出生

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Every second, we welcome four new babies into our overall population. Do a little math and you'll find out that means there are approximately 250 births each minute, 15,000 each hour, and 360,000 each day. In a full year, there are around 131.4 million babies born on Earth, according to the Ecology Global Network.

每一秒鐘，我們就會迎來四個(gè)新生兒。稍稍算一下，你就會發(fā)現(xiàn)每分鐘大約有250個(gè)嬰兒出生，每小時(shí)有15000個(gè)，每天有360,000個(gè)。根據(jù)全球生態(tài)網(wǎng)絡(luò)(Ecology Global Network)的數(shù)據(jù)，整一年當(dāng)中，地球上大約有1.314億新生嬰兒出生。

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14、The coldest temperature ever recorded was -144 degrees Fahrenheit.

14、零下97攝氏度，有記錄以來最冷的溫度

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You might think you're accustomed to frigid air and blustery winds, but the average winter day has nothing on the coldest day ever recorded, which was -144 degrees Fahrenheit. The temperature was recorded in Antarctica during a span of research between 2004 and 2016. Just a few breaths of air at that temperature would induce hemorrhaging in your lungs and kill you.

你可能認(rèn)為你已經(jīng)習(xí)慣了寒冷的空氣和狂風(fēng)，不過自有記錄以來冬天最冷的一天，平均為零下97攝氏度。這個(gè)溫度是在南極洲2004年到2016年的研究期間記錄下來的。在這種溫度下，僅呼吸幾口就會導(dǎo)致肺出血，進(jìn)而死亡。

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15、The Earth's ozone layer will make a full recovery in 50 years.

15、地球臭氧層將在未來50年內(nèi)完全恢復(fù)

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Because of pollution, the Earth's ozone layer has suffered a lot. That's bad news for everyone, since the fragile gas layer protects our planet and shields us from the sun's harmful ultraviolet rays. Fortunately, climate change experts believe that the ozone layer will fully heal within 50 years, according to a 2018 report from the United Nations.

由于污染，地球臭氧層已招致不少破壞。這對每個(gè)人來說都是壞消息，因?yàn)檫@個(gè)脆弱的氣體層保護(hù)著我們的星球，保護(hù)我們免受太陽有害紫外線的傷害。幸運(yùn)的是，根據(jù)聯(lián)合國2018年的一份報(bào)告，氣候變化專家認(rèn)為，臭氧層將在50年內(nèi)完全恢復(fù)。

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The recovery is thanks in large part to the Montreal Protocol of 1987, which put a global ban on the use of one of the main culprits for the damage: chlorofluorocarbons (CFOs). Previously, CFOs had been common in refrigerators, aerosol cans, and dry-cleaning chemicals.

臭氧層的復(fù)蘇在很大程度上要?dú)w功于1987年的《蒙特利爾議定書》，該議定書要求禁止全球使用造成破壞的罪魁禍?zhǔn)字?氟氯化碳(CFOs)。在此之前，這種化學(xué)物品經(jīng)常出現(xiàn)在冰箱、氣溶膠罐和干洗化學(xué)品中。

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16、Japan is the world's most earthquake-prone country.

16、世界上地震最頻繁的國家—日本

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Earthquakes can range from minor tremors that are barely noticeable to building-toppling ground-shakers that cause massive destruction. But it's an inevitable part of life for those who live in countries such as China, Indonesia, Iran, and Turkey, which are some of the most earthquake-prone placeson the planet. However, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, Japan records the most earthquakes in the world.

地震的烈度范圍很廣，小到幾乎不被察覺的輕微震動，大到建筑物倒塌造成巨大破壞的地面震動。對于那些生活在中國、印度尼西亞、伊朗和土耳其等地震多發(fā)國家的人來說，地震已經(jīng)成為他們生活中不可避免的一部分。然而，根據(jù)美國地質(zhì)調(diào)查局表示，日本是世界上發(fā)生地震最多的國家。

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17、There are around 4 quadrillion quadrillion bacteria on Earth.

17、地球上存在約有4千萬億細(xì)菌

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Not all bacteria are bad. In fact, some of those itty-bitty biological cells are actually good for us and aide the world in various and complex ways. And that's nice to know, considering there are around 4 quadrillion quadrillion individual bacteria on our planet, according to NPR.

并不是所有的細(xì)菌都是有害的。事實(shí)上，某些微小的生物細(xì)胞實(shí)際上對我們還有好處，并以各種復(fù)雜的方式幫助世界。據(jù)美國國家公共廣播電臺(NPR)報(bào)道，考慮到在我們的星球上有大約4千萬億的細(xì)菌個(gè)體，大家最好都了解一下。
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18、People who are currently alive represent about 7 percent of the total number of people who have ever lived.

18、現(xiàn)在活著的人約占曾經(jīng)活過的人總數(shù)的7%

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Here's another world fact to keep in the back of your mind: According to the Population Reference Bureau, since the time Homo sapiens first hit the scene 50,000 years ago, more than 108 billion members of our species have been born. And a large chunk of that number is alive right now. According to the bureau, the number of people alive today represents a whopping seven percent of the total number of humans who have ever lived.

這是又一個(gè)需要知曉的世界事實(shí):根據(jù)人口資料局的數(shù)據(jù)，自5萬年前智人首次出現(xiàn)以來，我們已經(jīng)有1080億人存在過。其中很大一部分現(xiàn)在還活著。根據(jù)統(tǒng)計(jì)局的數(shù)據(jù)，今天活著的人的數(shù)量占了人類總數(shù)的7%。

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19、Muhammad is thought to be the most popular name in the world.

19、穆罕默德被認(rèn)為是世界上最受歡迎的名字。

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Step aside John, James, Mary, and Jane—the most popular name in the world is believed to be Muhammad. According to the Independent, an estimated 150 million men and boys around the world share this name. The popularity is thanks to a Muslim tradition of naming each first-born son after the Islamic prophet.

約翰、詹姆斯、瑪麗和簡的名字讓位吧——世界上最流行的名字被認(rèn)為是穆罕默德。據(jù)《獨(dú)立報(bào)》報(bào)道，全球約有1.5億男性和男孩使用這個(gè)名字。之所以如此受歡迎，是因?yàn)槟滤沽钟幸粋€(gè)傳統(tǒng)，那就是以伊斯蘭先知的名字來給每個(gè)長子起名。

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20、Only two countries use purple in their national flags.

20、只有兩個(gè)國家在國旗上使用紫色。

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Looking for some more interesting facts? Well, here's one: The flag of Nicaragua features a rainbow in the center that includes a band of purple, while the flag of Dominica boasts a picture of a sisserou parrot, a bird with purple feathers. These elements make them the only two flags in the world that use the color purple.

想知道更多有趣的事實(shí)嗎?尼加拉瓜國旗的中央有一道彩虹，中間有一條紫色的帶子，而多米尼加國旗的圖片上是一只有著紫色羽毛的sisserou鸚鵡。這些元素使他們成為世界上唯一使用紫色裝飾旗幟的兩個(gè)國家。

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21、Africa and Asia are home to nearly 90 percent of the world's rural population.

21、世界上近90%的農(nóng)村人口都集中在亞非兩洲。
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Not everyone lives in a booming city or sprawling suburb. Many people still make their homes outside of bustling locations—especially in India, which has the largest number of people living in rural areas (approximately 893 million people live outside of the city), according to Reuters. China also has an impressively large rural population, with 578 million living outside of major centers.

并不是每個(gè)人都生活在繁榮的城市或蔓延城市周邊的郊區(qū)。許多人仍然在繁華地段之外安家——尤其在印度，據(jù)路透社報(bào)道，印度農(nóng)村人口最多(約8.93億人住在城外)。中國還有一個(gè)令人印象深刻的龐大農(nóng)村人口，約有5.78億人生活在大城市之外。

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22、The most expensive coin in the world was sold for more than $7 million.

22、世界上最昂貴的硬幣——售價(jià)超過700萬美元

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The 1933 Double Eagle was a $20 U.S. coin made of gold that never went into circulation. A few of the coins were made, but most were destroyed—save for nine that were presumed stolen by U.S. mint workers. After years circulating the globe and falling into the hands of a few notable owners—including the king of Egypt—one of the coins was auctioned off at Sotheby's in 2002 for a stunning $7,590,020. That made it the most expensive coin ever sold at auction.

1933年設(shè)計(jì)從未進(jìn)入流通的面值20美元的“雙鷹”硬幣。雖然制造了幾枚，但大多數(shù)都被銷毀了——僅有9枚幸存，據(jù)推測是被美國造幣廠工人偷走了。在全球流通多年后，其中一枚金幣流轉(zhuǎn)到了幾個(gè)著名的所有者手中，其中就有埃及國王一位。2002年，一枚“雙鷹”金幣在蘇富比拍賣會上以驚人的7590,020美元成交。這使得它成為拍賣會上賣出的最貴的硬幣。

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23、The world's largest man-made oyster reef was created in Maryland.

24、馬里蘭州有著世界上最大的人造牡蠣礁

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Due to overfishing and disease, the oyster population in Maryland's Chesapeake Bay was seriously suffering. But thanks to dedicated work by scientists at the Horn Point Laboratory, the Army Corps, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Nature Conservancy, the state is now the location of the world's largest man-made oyster reef. Home to more than one billion oysters, the area is a no-fishing zone, which will hopefully give the population a chance to recover.

由于過度捕撈和病菌，馬里蘭州切薩皮克灣的牡蠣數(shù)量迅速減少。但是，多虧了“角點(diǎn)”實(shí)驗(yàn)室、陸軍、國家海洋和大氣管理局以及大自然保護(hù)協(xié)會的科學(xué)家們的辛勤工作，現(xiàn)在這里已經(jīng)成為世界上最大人造牡蠣礁所在地。該地區(qū)是10億多只牡蠣的家園，同時(shí)也是一個(gè)禁漁區(qū)，有望給牡蠣一個(gè)東山再起的機(jī)會。

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24、A record-breaking 92 countries competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics.

24、有92個(gè)國家破紀(jì)錄地參加了2018年冬奧會。

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Every four years, the Olympic games bring together the most competitive athletes from around the world. And when the PyeongChang Winter Games were held in 2018, 2,952 athletes were expected to show up from a total of 92 countries. That beat the previous record of 2,800 athletes from 88 countries who participated in the Winter Games in 2014.

每四年奧林匹克運(yùn)動即將會把世界各地最有競爭力的運(yùn)動員聚集一堂。2018年平昌冬奧會(PyeongChang Winter Games)舉行時(shí)，共有92個(gè)國家的2952名運(yùn)動員參加了競賽。這打破了此前2014年冬奧會來自88個(gè)國家2800名運(yùn)動員參加的記錄。
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25、South Sudan is the youngest country in the world.

25、南蘇丹是世界上人口結(jié)構(gòu)最年輕的國家

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Some countries are hundreds of years old, while others can trace their nation's history back for thousands of years. But South Sudan in North Africa just gained its independence from Sudan in 2011, which currently makes it the youngest country in the world.

有些國家有幾百年的歷史，而有些國家的歷史可以追溯到幾千年前。但是位于北非的南蘇丹自2011年剛從蘇丹獨(dú)立出來不久，這使它成為目前世界上最年輕的國家。

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26、More than 52 percent of the world's population is under 30 years old.

26、世界上超過52%的人口處在30歲以下。

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According to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), as of 2012, 50.5 percent of the world's population were people under the age of 30. Around 89.7 percent of those young people live in emerging and developing economies like the Middle East and Africa.

根據(jù)聯(lián)合國教科文組織(UNESCO)的數(shù)據(jù)，截至2012年，世界50.5%的人口處于30歲以下。其中約89.7%的年輕人生活在中東和非洲等新興發(fā)展經(jīng)濟(jì)體中。

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27、People 60 years and older make up 12.3 percent of the global population.

27、60歲以上的人口占全球人口的12.3%。

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Although the majority of the human population is currently under 30 years old, there are still plenty of older folks among us. In fact, 12.3 percent of people on Earth are 60 years old and older. That number is expected to reach 22 percent by 2050.

雖然現(xiàn)在大多數(shù)人都在30歲以下，但我們中間仍然有很多老年人。事實(shí)上，地球上12.3%的人都在60歲以上。預(yù)計(jì)到2050年，這一數(shù)字將達(dá)到22%。

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28、There are more than 24 time zones around the world.

28、世界上有24個(gè)時(shí)區(qū)

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If the Earth's time zones were each one hour apart, then we would have 24 times zones, which sounds pretty straightforward. However, the situation is a little more complicated than that. Since many time zones only differ by 30 or 45 minutes, they don't fit into a neat and tidy 24 hour span, which means that there are more than 24, though it's hard to say exactly how many.

如果地球時(shí)區(qū)按小時(shí)劃分，那么我們就有24個(gè)時(shí)區(qū)，這聽起來很簡單。然而，實(shí)際情況要比這要復(fù)雜一些。由于許多時(shí)區(qū)的差異只有30或45分鐘，它們不適合一個(gè)完整的24小時(shí)跨度，這意味著有超過24個(gè)時(shí)區(qū)，盡管很難說確切有多少個(gè)。
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29、Nearly half of the world's population watched both the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cup games.

29、同有將近世界一半的人口觀看了2010年和2014年足球世界杯比賽

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Soccer—or football, depending on who you ask—is the most popular sport around the world. That's why when the FIFA World Cup games took place in both 2010 and 2014, nearly half of the world's population (around 3.2 billion people) tuned in to see who would win.

英式足球或者叫是足球，這取決于你問的是誰，足球是世界上最流行的運(yùn)動。這就是為什么在2010年和2014年舉行FIFA世界杯比賽時(shí)，同有世界將近一半的人口(約32億人)收看了比賽，去看到底誰會贏。

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30、It's estimated that Sweden has more islands than any other country.

30、據(jù)估計(jì)，瑞典擁有的島嶼比其他任何國家都多

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With 221,800 islands, Sweden is thought to have more islands than any other country in the world. Only about 1,000 of them are inhabited.

瑞典擁有221800個(gè)島嶼，被認(rèn)為是世界上擁有島嶼最多的國家。但只有其中大約1000個(gè)島嶼有人居住。

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31、There are 43 countries that still have a royal family.

31、世界上仍有43個(gè)國家存在有王室成員

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The British royal family may be the most famous royal family on the planet, but there are still plenty of other nobles out there. In total, there are 28 royal families who rule over a total of 43 countries around the world, including Japan, Spain, Swaziland, Bhutan, Thailand, Monaco, Sweden, the Netherlands, and Liechtenstein.

英國王室可能是這個(gè)星球上最著名的王室，但還有很多其他的皇室貴族?？偣灿?8個(gè)皇室家族統(tǒng)治著世界上43個(gè)國家，包括日本、西班牙、斯威士蘭、不丹、泰國、摩納哥、瑞典、荷蘭和列支敦士登。

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32、California is home to the "Artichoke Capital of the World."

32、加州是“世界洋薊之都”的故鄉(xiāng)

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Castroville is a rural town in California that grows a lot of artichokes (and other vegetable crops), thanks to the fact that the area enjoys ideal weather year round. Because of this, it grows 99.9 percent of all commercially grown artichokes and has even been nicknamed the "Artichoke Capital of the World."

Castroville是加利福尼亞的一個(gè)鄉(xiāng)村小鎮(zhèn)，這里生長著很多洋薊(和其他蔬菜作物)，因?yàn)檫@里一年四季天氣理想。正因?yàn)槿绱耍?9.9%的土地都種植著經(jīng)濟(jì)洋薊，由此甚至被戲稱為“世界洋薊之都”。

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33、All giant pandas in zoos around the world are on loan from China.

33、世界各地動物園里的所有大熊貓都是從中國借來的

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The panda at your local zoo may look like it's at home in its cozy sanctuary. But unless you live in China, the pandas that you're seeing are just visiting. That''s because every one of the gentle giants in zoos around the world are on loan from China. Yes, they're technically the property of the government of China, according to Vox.

在你那里動物園里的熊貓看起來就像在自己舒適的家一樣。但除非你生活在中國，否則你看到的熊貓只能算是過客而已。這是因?yàn)槭澜绺鞯貏游飯@里的每一個(gè)溫柔巨人都是從中國借來的。是的，據(jù)Vox報(bào)道，從技術(shù)上來講，它們都是中國政府的財(cái)產(chǎn)

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34、The "most typical human" fits this descxtion.

34、對于人類最典型的描述

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According to a study developed for National Geographic in 2011, the world's "most typical" person is right-handed, makes less than $12,000 per year, has a mobile phone, and doesn't have a bank account.

據(jù)《國家地理》2011年的一項(xiàng)研究，世界上“最典型”的人是右撇子，且年收入一般不到1.2萬美元，有手機(jī)，沒有銀行賬戶。

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35、Canada has nine percent of the world's forests.

35、加拿大擁有世界9%的森林

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Our neighbors to the north boast 396.9-million hectares of forests, or nine percent of all of the forest area in the entire world, according to Natural Resources Canada.

據(jù)加拿大《自然資源》統(tǒng)計(jì)，我們（美國）的北方鄰國擁有3.969億公頃的森林，占全世界森林面積的9%。

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36、The red-billed quelea is the most common bird on Earth.
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36、紅嘴奎萊雀是地球上最常見的鳥類（注：錨點(diǎn)紅嘴奎萊，麻雀）
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There may not be any red-billed queleas in your neighborhood, but that's not because there aren't an abundance of them. These birds, which live in sub-Saharan Africa, are considered "agricultural pests" because their massive flocks can obliterate entire crops. Although their numbers fluctuate, there are around 1 to 10 billion queleas, which leads scientists to believe that there are more of them than any other bird on Earth, according to Audobon.

在你的周圍可能看不到任何紅嘴奎利亞，但這并不意味著他們數(shù)量稀少。這些生活在撒哈拉以南非洲的鳥類被認(rèn)為是“農(nóng)害”，因?yàn)榇罅窟@種鳥群可以消滅整片農(nóng)作物。據(jù)Audobon表示，盡管它們的數(shù)量不時(shí)波動，但它們的數(shù)量大約在10億到100億浮動，這使得科學(xué)家們相信它們的數(shù)量比地球上任何其他鳥類都要多

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37、There's a website that tracks the world's population in real time.

37、可以實(shí)時(shí)跟蹤世界人口的網(wǎng)站

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As of 2019, the overall human population is estimated to be more than 7.7 billion people. And if you want to watch that increase in real time, you can tune into the World Population Clock, which shows the upticks and downticks as babies are born and other people die. You can also see the current populations of different countries, including China (1,420,000,000+), India (1,368,000,000+), and the U.S. (329,000,000+).

截至2019年，全球人口估計(jì)超過有77億。如果你想實(shí)時(shí)觀察人口增長情況，你可以去看看《the World Population Clock》網(wǎng)站，它可以顯示地球人口出生和死亡情況。你還可以看到不同國家的人口，包括中國(14.2億+)，印度(13.68億+)和美國(3.29億+)。

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38、More people speak Mandarin Chinese than any other language.

38、說漢語的人比說其他任何語言的人都多。
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With around 950 million native speakers and an additional 200 million people speaking Mandarin Chinese as a second language, it's the most popular language in the world.

大約有9.5億人以漢語為母語，另外還有2億人將漢語作為第二語言，所以說漢語是世界上最流行的語言。

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39、Around one in every 200 men are direct descendants of Genghis Khan.

39、大約每200個(gè)男人中就有一個(gè)是成吉思汗的直系后裔。

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During his lifetime between 1162 and 1227, Genghis Khanfathered countless children. And while we may never know exactly how many offspring the leader of the Mongol Empire had, scientists now believe that around 1 in every 200 men—AKA 16 million people—are a direct descendant of his, according to a 2003 historical genetics paper.

成吉思汗出生于1162年，死于1227年，在他的一生中養(yǎng)育了無數(shù)子女。盡管我們可能永遠(yuǎn)也不知道這位蒙古帝國領(lǐng)袖到底有多少后代，但科學(xué)家們現(xiàn)在相信，根據(jù)2003年的一篇?dú)v史遺傳學(xué)論文推算，每200個(gè)男人中就有一個(gè)——也就是有1600萬人——是他的直系后裔。

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40、Copenhagen is the most bike-friendly city in the world.

40、哥本哈根是世界上對自行車最友好的城市。
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Many places around the world are trying to figure out how to rework their infrastructure to accommodate cyclists and hopefully, in turn, encourage residents to use the environmentally friendly mode of transportation. That's why Copenhagen has become such a role model; according to Wired, it's the most bike-friendly city in the world.

世界上有許多地方都在絞盡腦汁地研究如何改造他們的基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施，以適應(yīng)騎自行車的人，并希望以此鼓勵(lì)居民用環(huán)保的交通方式出行。這就是為什么哥本哈根已經(jīng)成為這樣一個(gè)榜樣;據(jù)《連線》雜志報(bào)道，它是世界上對自行車最友好的城市。

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41、There are 41 countries that recognize sign language as an official language.

41、有41個(gè)國家以手語做為官方語言的一種

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There are estimated to be 72 million deaf people around the world. There are also about 300 different sign languages—including American Sign Language and International Sign Language—as well as 41 countries that recognize them as an official language.

據(jù)估計(jì)，全世界有7200萬聾人。還有大約300種不同的手語——包括美國手語和國際手語——已有41個(gè)國家承認(rèn)它們?yōu)楣俜秸Z言。
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42、The global adult literacy rate is around 86 percent.

42、全球成人識字率約為86%
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With each generation that passes, more and more people are learning how to read, according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). These days, around 86 percent of adults around the world are able to enjoy a book. UNESCO also explained that their data shows "remarkable improvement among youth in terms of reading and writing skills and a steady reduction in gender gaps. Fifty years ago, almost one-quarter of youth lacked basic literacy skills compared to less than 10 percent in 2016."

根據(jù)聯(lián)合國教育、科學(xué)及文化組織(UNESCO)的數(shù)據(jù)，隨著時(shí)代的推移，越來越多的人開始學(xué)習(xí)讀寫。如今，全世界大約86%的成年人可以夠享受文字的快樂。教科文組織還解釋說，統(tǒng)計(jì)數(shù)據(jù)顯示，“青年的讀寫技能有了顯著提高，性別差距穩(wěn)步縮小?！?0年前，近四分之一的年輕人缺乏基本讀寫能力，而2016年這一比例達(dá)到了小于10%?！?/b>

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43、Facebook has more users than the population of the U.S., China, and Brazil combined.

43、臉書用戶比美國、中國和巴西的人口總和還要多

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Do you use Facebook? If you don't, you're among a number that gets increasingly smaller every day. In fact, 2 billion active users have an account on the social media platform, which is more than the population of the United States, China, and Brazil combined. Facebook's co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted about the milestone, saying, "We're making progress connecting the world, and now let's bring the world closer together."

你用臉書嗎?如果你不用，你就是一個(gè)每天都在變少的群體中的一員。事實(shí)上，社交媒體平臺上有20億活躍用戶，比美國、中國和巴西人口的總和還要多。臉書聯(lián)合創(chuàng)始人兼首席執(zhí)行官馬克·扎克伯格在帖子中談到了這一壯舉，他說:“我們在連接世界方面取得了進(jìn)步，現(xiàn)在讓我們把世界更緊密地聯(lián)系在一起?！?/b>

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44、There are only two countries with names that begin with "The."

44、世界上只有兩個(gè)國家的名字以“The”開頭

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You might find yourself saying "the" before various countries and place names when referring to them thanks to grammar and common pronunciation, which is why we say the United States or the Maldives. However, only The Gambia and The Bahamas formally include "the" in their nation's names.

由于語法和發(fā)音習(xí)慣，你可能會發(fā)現(xiàn)在提到不同的國家和地名時(shí)，你會說“the”，這就是為什么我們說”the”美國或”the”馬爾代夫。然而，只有岡比亞和巴哈馬正式將“The”列入其國家名稱。

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45、All the ants on Earth weigh about as much as all the humans.

45、把地球上所有螞蟻都加起來會和人類重

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The total population of people who are alive on Earth hasn't even hit 8 billion. At the same time, there are 10 quadrillion (10,000,000,000,000,000) individual ants crawling around at any given time. According to wildlife presenter Chris Packham, who appeared on the BBC, when combined, all of those ants would weigh about the same as all of us humans.

地球上的總?cè)丝谶€沒有達(dá)到80億。與此同時(shí)，在任何給定的時(shí)間，都有1千萬億只螞蟻在周圍爬行。根據(jù)BBC野生動物節(jié)目主持人克里斯·帕克漢姆的說法，這些螞蟻加起來的重量和我們?nèi)祟惖闹亓坎畈欢唷?/b>

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However, Francis Ratnieks, professor of apiculture at the University of Sussex, disagrees. He says that while this fact may have been true in the past, these days "we must also remember that humans are getting fatter all the time. We're not just increasing in population, we're increasing in fatness, so I think we've left the ants behind."

然而，蘇塞克斯大學(xué)的養(yǎng)蜂學(xué)教授弗朗西斯·瑞特尼克斯卻不這么認(rèn)為。他說，雖然這一事實(shí)在過去可能是正確的，但現(xiàn)在“我們必須記住，人類一直在變胖?！蔽覀儾粌H人口在增加，我們也還在發(fā)胖，所以我認(rèn)為我們已經(jīng)把螞蟻甩在了后面?！?/b>

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46、The oceans contain almost 200,000 different kinds of viruses.

46、海洋中蘊(yùn)藏有將近20萬種不同的病毒

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The next time you feel like taking a dip in the big blue ocean, you might not want to think about the fact that the seemingly pristine water is home to almost 200,000 different kinds of viruses. While this may sound scary, Matthew Sullivan, a microbiologist at the Ohio State University, told CNN, "Having that road map [of what viruses exist] helps us do a lot of the things we'd be interested in to better understand the oceanand, I hate to say it, but maybe to have to engineer the ocean at some point to combat climate change."

下次當(dāng)你想在藍(lán)色的大海里游泳時(shí)，你可能不會想到這看似純凈的海水是近20萬種不同病毒的家園。雖然這聽起來挺嚇人,但俄亥俄州立大學(xué)微生物學(xué)家馬修·沙利文,告訴CNN,“有[病毒存在的]圖譜，會幫助我們做很多我們感興趣的事情，以更好地了解海洋，我討厭這么說，但也許必須在某個(gè)時(shí)候改造海洋，以對抗氣候變化?！?/b>

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47、New Zealanders have more pets per household than any other country.

47、新西蘭是養(yǎng)寵物家庭物最多的國家。

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People who live in New Zealand seem to love having an animal companion around. That's why 68 percent of households in the country have a pet, which is more than any other nation in the world. Americans also happen to love furry friends, which is why more than half of all U.S. homes have either a dog or cat(or both).

生活在新西蘭的人們似乎都喜歡身邊有一個(gè)動物伙伴。這就是為什么這個(gè)國家68%的家庭養(yǎng)有寵物，比世界上任何其他國家都多。美國人碰巧也喜歡毛茸茸的朋友，這就是為什么一半以上的美國家庭要么養(yǎng)狗要么養(yǎng)貓(或者兩者都養(yǎng))的原因。

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48、Tokyo is the world's largest city with 37 million inhabitants.

48、東京是世界上最大的城市，有3700萬居民

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Tokyo is a booming city—not only by Japanese standards, but also compared to cities around the world. With around 37 million people living in Tokyo, it's the world's largest city when it comes to population size, according to Reuters. The next largest city is Delhi, India, (population 29 million) and Shanghai, China (population 26 million).

東京是一個(gè)蓬勃發(fā)展的城市，不僅以日本的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，與世界其他城市相比來看也是如此。據(jù)路透社報(bào)道，東京約有3700萬人口，是世界上人口規(guī)模最大的城市。第二大城市是印度的德里(人口2900萬)，再次為中國的上海(人口2600萬)。

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49、Interpol began in 1914 when legal professionals from 24 countries got together to discuss catching fugitives.

49、國際刑警組織成立于1914年，當(dāng)時(shí)有來自24個(gè)國家的法律專業(yè)人士聚集一堂共同商討抓捕逃犯。

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These days, Interpol (or the International Criminal Police Organization) may be well-known for tracking down outlaws around the world. But the group dates all the way back to 1914 when the International Criminal Police Congress was held in Monaco. That meeting saw police and judicial representatives from 24 countries get together with the goal of improving contacts between police forces in different countries in order to increase the effectiveness of international investigations.

如今，國際刑警組織(或國際刑事警察組織)可能因在世界各地追蹤不法分子而聞名。但該組織可以追溯到1914年，當(dāng)時(shí)國際刑事警察大會在摩納哥舉行。在這次會議上，來自24個(gè)國家的警察和司法代表聚在一起，目的是改善不同國家警察部隊(duì)之間的聯(lián)系，以提高國際調(diào)查的效力。

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50、Nearly two people die each second.

50、幾乎每秒就有兩個(gè)人死亡

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While four babies are born on Earth every second, it's estimated that around two people pass away at the same time. That means that 105 people die each minute, 6,316 people die each hour, 151,600 people die each day, and 55.3 million people die each year. Sorry, folks—not all interesting facts are fun!

地球上每秒鐘就有四個(gè)嬰兒出生，但據(jù)估計(jì)，此時(shí)大約也會有兩人同時(shí)去世。這意味著每分鐘有105人死亡，每小時(shí)有6316人死亡，每天有151600人死亡，每年有5530萬人死亡。對不起，朋友們，并不是有趣的事實(shí)都是有趣的!

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