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新奇事件簿 1421年中国发现世界
Mapmakers are currently discussing the authenticity of a map that might prove a Chinese sailor, admiral Zhu Di, was the first person to discover America. Gavin Menzies, a British amateur historian, wrote a book called 1421 ?The Year China Discovered
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新奇事件簿 肯尼亚要求谷歌删除同性视频
Google Kenya has said it would not remove a music video from its YouTube site. The Kenyan government asked Google to take the video offline because it showed gay couples, gay pride marchers, and images of openly gay Kenyan public figures. The video a
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新奇事件簿 神经生长因子掌控你的爱情
Italian scientists have found that the chemical in thebrain which makes us romantic disappears over ayear. They say this explains why the happy, wonderful and confident feelings we experience atthe start of a relationship do not last forever. Researc
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新奇事件簿 伦敦常见季节性情绪失调症
Short and dark days can cause a medical conditionknown as Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). Doctorsare increasingly telling their patients about thisproblem in countries that have depressing weather. One of the most famous places for gray skies that
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新奇事件簿 自带杯子享受星巴克打折优惠
The international coffee shop chain Starbucks willstart giving customers a discount if they bring theirown cups. The discount is part of a two-month trialin cafes in England. Starbucks said it wants to reducethe amount of waste and recycle more. The
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新奇事件簿 李维斯推出iPod牛仔裤
Levis is going to make and sell a new pair of jeansthat have been designed to wear with the Apple iPod. The latest in the fashion-meets-technologyrevolution is a combination of two of the planetsmost recognized and fashionable icons. The linkingof hi
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新奇事件簿 昂山素季将出任缅甸外长
Aung San Suu Kyi is to be Myanmar's new foreignminister in the first civilian government the countryhas had in decades. Suu Kyi's National League forDemocracy (NLD) party won an absolute majority inthe general election in November 2015 under herleade
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新奇事件簿 英协会发布儿童必看电影
The British Film Institute (BFI) has released a list of 50 movies that they say all under-14-year-old children must see. More than 70 movie critics gave their top ten childrens movies from around the world. The result is a wide variety of famous Holl
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新奇事件簿 教宗方济各当选最受欢迎领袖
Pope Francis is more popular than any political world leader. This is what an opinion poll has suggested. The poll was carried out by WIN/Gallup International on Thursday. It found that 54 per cent of people around the world have a favourable opinion
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新奇事件簿 尼古丁疫苗助烟民戒烟
eople who want to quit smoking may soon have something to help them. The Swiss drug company Cytos Biotechnology has developed and tested a vaccine that fights nicotine. The vaccine produces antibodies in our blood that stop nicotine from entering the
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新奇事件簿 早餐谷物有助保持身材
A newly published report says that girls should eat breakfast every day if they want to stay slim. Researchers from Americas Maryland Medical Research Institute followed the eating habits and weight of nearly 2,400 girls throughout their adolescence.
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新奇事件簿 女性比男性更勤于洗手
Women are better than men when it comes to washing their hands in public toilets. This is according to a new study from the American Society for Microbiology (ASM). It monitored the washing habits of thousands of people in restrooms in four major U.S
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新奇事件簿 德国设女性专列
A train operator in Germany is launching a women and children only service on its trains. The initiative for the segregated carriages is an attempt to help women feel safer. There will be two specialised compartments on all of the company's trains th
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新奇事件簿 戴森发布智能空气净化风扇
A technology company has made a new device to help clean the air in our home. The company is called Dyson. It has just launched an air purifier called the Pure Cool Link. A spokesperson said the purifier captures up to 99.95 per cent of pollutants in
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新奇事件簿 因白人脏辫引发的问题
A heated debate is currently going on in the USA about whether it is OK for white people to have dreadlocks. The controversy follows a video going viral of a black female student confronting a white male student over the fact that he had dreadlocks.