7 Strange Things You Likely Didn't Know ???
你可能不知道的 7件 趣事?
【順便幫推一下!】
WAS HIS (之前是他的)
1. Possible?
可能嗎?
It is impossible to lick your elbow.
你不可能舔到你自己的手肘。
2. peeling onions and crying
剝洋蔥 流淚?
Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
剝洋蔥時 同時嚼口香糖 會讓你不流淚。
3. What are the possible ways?
有多少可能的組合?
The number of possible ways of playing the first four moves per side in a game of chess is 318,979,564,000.
西洋棋 每邊頭四步 就有 318,979,564,000 可能組合走法。
4. Four Kings
四大天王
Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history:
Spades - King David
Hearts - Charlemagne
Clubs -Alexander, the Great
Diamonds - Julius Caesar
撲克牌上的老K 代表歷史上偉大的 國王:
黑桃 - 大衛王
紅心 - 查理曼大帝
梅花 -亞歷山大帝
鑽石 - 凱撒大帝
5. Why do we say honeymoon?
為什麼我們說 “渡蜜月”?
It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer, this period was called the honey month, which we know today as the "honeymoon".
在4000年以前 這是公認的做法,在巴比倫 婚後的一個月,新娘的父親供應他的女婿 所有他可以喝的蜂蜜酒。蜂蜜酒 是蜜罐啤酒,這一個月被稱為蜂蜜的一個月,
我們今天謂之: “蜜月期”。
6. Why called Motorola?
為什麼叫 摩托羅拉?
The first product Motorola started to develop was a record plaXXXXXyer for automobiles. At that time, the most known plaXXXXXyer on the market was Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola.
摩托羅拉的第一個產品是汽車的錄放機. 當時,市場上最有名的錄放機是 Victrola 所以 他們稱自己為 Motorola.
7. Why do we say: "goodnight, sleep tight."
為什麼我們說:“晚安,抱緊睡呵 (睡個好覺)”
In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frXXXXXames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase is "goodnight, sleep tight."
在莎士比亞的時代,床墊是用繩索固定在床架上的。當你拉緊床墊的繩子,使睡床更穩固。因此這句話等於: “晚安,睡個好覺”。
*** AND, FINALLY 最後
At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow.
至少 有75%的人 讀了這章 會嘗試舔自己的手肘。
是否有可能在屋頂上演奏小提琴?
一流小提琴: "屋頂上的提琴手"