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新奇事件簿 意大利餐厅荣登全球五十佳榜首
A restaurant in the city of Modena, Italy, has been named as the best restaurant in the world. The restaurant Osteria Francescana was crowned number one at the Worlds 50 Best Restaurants awards ceremony in New York. The ceremony is like the Oscars of
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新奇事件簿 人类联系上外星人或要等1500年
Scientists say it could take at least 1,500 years before humans make contact with species of aliens, or for them to communicate with or find us. Astronomers from Cornell University in the USA combined two existing theories about the possibility of li
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新奇事件簿 日本汽车是世界最可靠汽车
Japanese cars are the most reliable in the world. Thats according to J.D. Power and Associates, an international market research company. J.D. Powers asked thousands of car owners about problems they had with their cars in the first three years of ow
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新奇事件簿 联合国呼吁全面应对难民危机
Last year was the worst year on record for the number of people who became refugees. The United Nations (U.N.) said that in 2015, over 65.3 million people were forced to leave their home or country. This is an increase of over five million from 59.5
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新奇事件簿 日常用品含有毒化学物质
New research has found that many common household products contain harmful chemicals. The University of Washington study analyzed a range of six top-selling fabric softeners, detergents and air fresheners. Researchers discovered at least one chemical
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新奇事件簿 网络骗子出奇招
Fraudsters are using a new method to trick people into parting with their money. They are pretending to be technical support teams of people's ISP (Internet Service Provider). The new scam is very realistic and can trick even experienced Internet use
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新奇事件簿 英国退欧公投尘埃落定
The United Kingdom has voted to leave the European Union in what is being seen as a political earthquake. Just over 52 per cent of Britons expressed their desire to exit the EU in a referendum on Thursday. Currency markets were immediately affected a
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新奇事件簿 洛杉矶摩天大楼外安装天空滑梯
A very scary slide has opened to the public in Los Angeles. Slides are usually seen in children's parks, but the scary Skyslide is on the outside of a building, 70 stories high. To make it scarier, the Skyslide is made of glass, which is just 3 cm th
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新奇事件簿 解读蜜蜂离奇失踪案
The disappearance of millions of bees is worrying agriculturalists in 24 states across the USA. Honeybees are vanishing at an alarming rate across America. Their absence is beginning to threaten the production of crops and the livelihoods of farmers.
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新奇事件簿 扑克牌可缓解中风
A new report says that playing simple card games can help stroke patients with their recovery just as much as virtual reality gaming. Canadian researchers conducted a test on 141 patients to determine whether gaming or more traditional games was bett
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新奇事件簿 安泰保险为员工发睡眠津贴
A company in the USA is paying its employees to sleep more. Staff at the insurance company Aetna will get $300 a year added to their salary if they get at least seven hours of sleep a night. That works out to just over an extra dollar for each night
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新奇事件簿 植物比我们想象的要聪明
Plants are a lot smarter than we thought. According to researchers, they are capable of making intelligent decisions regarding risk. Scientists have discovered that one plant, the humble pea, can make decisions regarding how to survive best, even tho
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新奇事件簿 阿联酋告诫国民出国勿穿传统服饰
The government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has advised its citizens not to wear the country's traditional clothes when travelling overseas. This was after an Emirati businessman was mistaken for a member of ISIS in a hotel in the state of Ohio,
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新奇事件簿 棒球并非起源美国
Historians in England have uncovered evidence that baseball may not be as American as apple pie. The BBC reports that baseball was played in England in 1755, more than twenty years before Americas independence in 1776. This may come as a shock for lo
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新奇事件簿 意大利小镇推出消音烟火
A small town in Italy has passed legislation requiring people to use only silent fireworks in displays and celebrations. The new measure is to ensure the wellbeing of dogs and other pets. The town of Collecchio in the province of Parma has decided th
