有太多时候，孩子们觉得父母一无所知。随着岁月的流逝，我们记住的东西似乎也越来越少了。所以，当你的孩子要你帮他做作业时，我们的夸夸其谈会让他们感到困惑，因为我们真的不明白他们究竟在做什么。此时，我们是可以挽回颜面的。下面是一些有趣的知识，所有的父母都应该谨记在心，以备不时之需...你懂的！总会有这样的时候，“好吧！我不知道那个问题，但我来告诉你一些我知道的事吧！”
Here you go parents, dazzle your children with your brilliance!
来吧，家长们！用你的才华震撼你的孩子吧！
· Tipping in Iceland is considered an insult.
在冰岛，给小费被认为是侮辱人的行为。
· People swallow about a pound of insects per year! There are even tiny pieces of insects in food!!
人一年大约会吞下一磅昆虫！甚至在食物中都会有细小的昆虫碎片。
· The average life of a taste bud is 10 days.
味蕾细胞的平均寿命为10天。
· Ketchup was originally sold as a medicine in the 1830's.
番茄酱在十九世纪30年代首次出售时是被当作药品买的。
· Butterflies taste with their feet.
蝴蝶用脚品尝食物。
· A duck's quack does not echo, and no one knows why.
鸭子的叫声不会产生回声，没人知道这是为什么。
· A crocodile always grows its teeth back to replace the old ones.
鳄鱼总是通过长牙来替换文
· American Airlines saved $40,000 by removing one olive from every salad in 1987.
美国航空公司在1987年在每份沙拉中减少了一个橄榄，由此节省了4万美元。
· An ant will always fall on its right side when intoxicated. (did someone pay money for this study?)
醉酒的蚂蚁总是倒向右侧。（有人付钱支助这项研究吗？）
· Starfish don't have brains.
海星没有大脑。
· The bible is the world's most shoplifted book. (sad but true)
《圣经》是世界上遭窃最多的书。
· The Main library at Indiana, University sinks 1 inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.
印第安纳大学的主图书馆每年下沉1英寸，因为在建造这座图书馆时，工程师没有考虑到馆内所有藏书的重量。 玩老虎机中头奖的概率是889:1。 嫩椰子汁可以用作血浆。 巨型陆龟可以生存150~200年。（怪不得它们那么慢！） 如果所有的中国人排成一队从你面前走过，因为出生率的关系将永远也走不完。 “一瞬间”实际上是1/100秒。 Canada（加拿大）是印第安语，意思是“大村落”。 在美洲，被自动贩卖机弄伤的概率比被熊伤害的概率大。 鹿是美洲最危险的动物。 家长们，这些有趣的知识可要好好保存哦。把它们放在身边，需要时就唾手可得了！ 孩子们喜欢带着在学校学到的新知识回家。我们确实记住了其中的一些，但我们大多数时候看上去不知所措！随着孩子的成长，父母们可能不会知道所有（他们想要知道）的东西，甚至会跟不上孩子的知识储备。但如果我们记住一些绝对派不上用场的知识，仍然能够用我们的才智给孩子们带来惊喜。· Odds of hitting jackpot on a slot machine are 889 to 1.
· The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as blood plasma.
· Giant tortoises live between 150-200 years. (no wonder they are so slow!)
· If the entire population of China were to walk in front of you in a single file line, it would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
· A 'jiffy' actually means 1/100th of a second.
· Canada is an Indian word meaning 'big village'.
· In America, you're more likely to be hurt by a vending machine than a bear.
· The deer is the most dangerous animal in America.
Parents, these fun facts are to be stored for safe keeping. Keep them handy and available. You will need them!
Kids love to come home with their new facts that they learned in school. Some of those facts we actually remember, but all too often we look like deer in headlights! We parents may not know everything or even remember enough to keep up with the kids as they get older, but if we keep a storage of absolutely useless information, we can still dazzle the kids with our brilliance!
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