11. 溺水的時候看起來並不像溺水
Drowning often doesn’t look like drowning.
根據水上危險性專家 Mario Vittone說，淹水時可能“並沒有水花四濺、手足揮動、求救聲等。“要如何辨別是否有溺水的人請參考這裡。
According to maritime risk consultant Mario Vittone, there can be “very little splashing, no waving, and no yelling or calls for help of any kind” associated with drowning. To read more on how to identify a victim of drowning, go here.
12. 聖經中亞當與夏娃故事裡的禁果並非蘋果。
In the Bible, the forbidden fruit in the garden of Eden wasn’t an apple.
聖經創世紀一章中提到的禁果是用到了希伯來文中泛指水果的”peri"一字。學者認為這個禁果有可能是無花果、葡萄、石榴、或甚至是堅果。會被誤認為蘋果可能是在聖經翻譯成為拉丁文之後開始。因為代表惡魔一字”malum“很類似拉丁文中的蘋果”mālum“。
Genesis describes the forbidden object with the Hebrew word peri, which is a generic term for “fruit.” Scholars have speculated that the fruit may have been a fig, a grape, a pomegranate, or even a nut. The apple misconception may have germinated after the Bible was translated into Latin, because the Latin word for “evil,” malum, is similar to mālum, which is the Latin word for “apple.”
13. Claudette Colvin 比Rosa Parks早九個月前就在公車上拒絕讓座給白人。
Claudette Colvin refused to give up her bus seat to a white person nine months before Rosa Parks did.
當時十五歲的Claudette Colvin比Parks早九個月就作出拒絕公車司機要求讓座的事情。也因此他被兩個警察給逮捕。Colvin說推動人權運動的領袖認為一個膚色這麼黑而且是青少年的人並不適合拿來做這個運動的海報人物。更多他的故事請看這裡。
Nine months before Parks refused to move to the back of the bus, 15-year-old Claudette Colvin refused a bus driver’s orders to relinquish her seat. Two police officers arrested her. Colvin says that civil rights leaders didn’t think a teen, especially one with a very dark complexion, would be a good poster child for their movement. Read more of her story here.
14. 大部份的烤箱頂部都可以抬起來方便清洗。
The top of most ovens lifts up for easy cleaning.
這也可以預防火災！
This helps prevent fires!
15. 中風的徵狀男女大不同。
Stroke symptoms are different for men and women.
男女都會出現的中風徵狀：
＃忽然臉部、手、或是腳出現麻木。尤其可能只有單邊。
＃忽然搞不清楚狀況或是無法言語。
＃忽然一隻眼睛或兩眼看不清楚。
＃忽然無法走路、頭暈、失去平衡。
＃忽然沒有理由的頭部劇痛。
女性特有的中風症狀：
＃忽然臉部或四肢疼痛。
＃忽然打嗝。
＃忽然想吐。
＃忽然很虛弱。
＃忽然的胸部疼痛。
＃忽然無法呼吸。
＃忽然心悸。
16. 大部份的車子都有標示出你的加油槽在哪個方向。
Most cars have an arrow on the fuel gauge that tells you what side of the car the gas tank is on.
租車變得簡單多了吧！
Rental cars just got a whole lot easier.
17. 翼手龍並非恐龍。
Pterodactyls weren’t dinosaurs.
正確來說應該是用pterosaur這個字，而翼手龍其實是爬蟲類動物。並非恐龍！
The proper term is actually “pterosaur,” and they’re technically flying reptiles, not dinosaurs. Boo.
18. “Under God” was a later addition to the Pledge of Allegiance.
美國對國旗的《效忠宣誓》原是在1892年由一位傳道士Francis Bellamy寫成。原文如下：我謹宣誓效忠我的國旗及所代表之共和國，未可分裂之一國，自由平等全民皆享。
到1923年，”我的國旗“幾個字改為“美國國旗”。到1954年，艾森豪總統通過另外加入“上帝之下”幾個字來解決宗教人員的呼聲。
The pledge to the American flag was written in 1892 by the Baptist minister Francis Bellamy. In its original form, it read: “I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”
In 1923, the words “my Flag” were changed to “the flag of the United States of America.” In 1954, President Eisenhower approved the addition of the words “under God” in light of pressure from clergy and from Eisenhower’s own recent Presbyterian baptism.
ＪＬ小記：
如今的The pledge to the American完整全文如下：I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.我謹宣誓效忠美利堅合眾國國旗及效忠所代表之共和國，上帝之下，未可分裂之國度，自由平等全民皆享。
19. 給鴨子餵食麵包是很危險的。
Feeding bread to ducks is dangerous.
任何人工餵食水鳥的行為都有可能導致鳥類糞便細菌滋生、鳥兒本身營養不足、甚至可能影響遷移。尤其是白麵包可能使鴨子受到誘惑而放棄他們自己的健康飲食，更可能因此生病。這裡可以了解更多。
Any artificial feeding of waterfowl leads to a surplus of fecal bacteria and poor animal nutrition, and it even affects migration patterns. White bread in particular distracts ducks from their natural healthy diets and can lead to unhealthy diseases. Learn more here.
20. 按Command/Ctrl + Shift + T可以把Chrome中不小心按掉的分頁找回來。
Command/Ctrl + Shift + T will restore your accidentally closed tab in Chrome.
不客氣拉～
You’re welcome.
ＪＬ碎念：
是不是覺得很增長見聞啊～好多我都不知道喔
你知道幾個呢？
別忘了看上集：http://anarticleaday.pixnet.net/blog/post/220617568
原文在這邊：http://www.buzzfeed.com/jessicamisener/facts-that-should-be-common-knowledge-but-arent#1m0t1qs
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