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新奇事件簿 喜马拉雅大救援
A dramatic nighttime rescue has taken place on one of the world's most dangerous mountains. A team of elite mountain climbers from Poland made a hazardous night ascent of the 8,126-meter-high Nanga Parbat in the Pakistani Himalayas. The peak is widel
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新奇事件簿 可以吃的香蕉皮
It almost seems too hard to believe, but there is now a banana that has an edible peel. Most people would never think of eating the peel of a banana. However, banana farmers in Japan have created a special technique for growing bananas with a peel we
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新奇事件簿 纽约所有囚犯都可获得免费平板电脑
All prisoners in the U.S. state of New York are to be given free tablet computers. The freebies are part of a deal struck between a private communications service called JPay and New York's prison service. The lucrative but controversial agreement in
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新奇事件簿 让中国女性消费千万美元的虚拟男友
A new dating app in China is very popular with women. It is so popular that Chinese women are spending over $30 million a month on it. It is a little different from the usual dating app because the boyfriends are not real. There are just four single
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新奇事件簿 地球两磁极将要开始转动
When doom-and-gloom merchants warn us about threats to our existence, we usually hear about climate change, asteroid strikes or nuclear war. Now scientists have warned of the potential threat from Earth's magnetic poles flipping upside down. The Nort
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新奇事件簿 摩纳哥百万富翁‘人满为患’
The tiny city-state of Monaco on France's Mediterranean coastline is having problems finding space for rich people. Monaco is less than 2 square kilometers in size and has some of the richest people in the world living there. It is called the playgro
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新奇事件簿 日本小学阿玛尼校服惹众怒
Parents of a Tokyo elementary school are up in arms at being asked to pay $730 for their child's school uniform. A public elementary school in Tokyo's upmarket Ginza district has decided to adopt new school uniforms designed by the luxury Italian des
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新奇事件簿 早期人类不擅绘画
An early species of humans who lived between 120,000 and 35,000 years ago were not as good at drawing as early modern humans. The species is called Neanderthal man. They became extinct tens of thousands of years ago. They had large brains and made co
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新奇事件簿 一名美国女士醒后拥有英式口音
An American woman has been diagnosed with the rare Foreign Accent Syndrome. The woman, Michelle Myers, 45, said that in 2015 she went to bed with a blinding headache and woke up with a British accent. The accent has remained with her ever since. Ms M
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新奇事件簿 一名女士因抱怨婴儿哭闹而被赶下飞机
A passenger on a flight in the USA was asked to leave the airplane because she complained about a crying baby. The woman told cabin crew that she would not sit down because of a crying baby boy in the seat next to hers. The woman was very rude to the
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新奇事件簿 警惕你的家居日用
Scientists say we are unaware of a massive cause of pollution that is right under our very noses. Everyday household items such as toothpaste, shaving foam, deodorant, perfume and furniture polish contain volatile compounds that help to cause polluti
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新奇事件簿 《黑豹》打破票房纪录
The new superhero movie Black Panther is breakingbox office records. It is the highest moneymakingdebut ever for a February film. Disney, the movie'smaker, estimated that the film has earned over $361 million in its first three days. The opening was
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新奇事件簿 在航天服里配备厕所
Fashion designers and clothing experts are wandering how a new suit might change their industry. The suit is a little out of this world - literally. It is a spacesuit that has its own built-in toilet. The high-tech garb has been designed by NASA engi
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新奇事件簿 爱彼迎进军高端旅游市场
The online accommodation booking company Airbnb is going upmarket. It is moving into the luxury travel market. CEO Brian Chesky has announced an improvement in the company's business model. It wants richer people to use it. The company will offer new
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新奇事件簿 美国多家知名公司呼吁枪支管控
An increasing number of companies are announcing plans to sever ties with the USA's National Rifle Association (NRA) following the latest high-school shooting massacre. The tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in South Florida, in which 17
