7 Random Facts You've Probably Never Heard Before 没骗你，在机场真的有超萌的小马驹可以逗着玩
你可知番茄酱曾经是种药物？你可曾听过旅鼠跳崖的神秘传说？你又可曾一睹迷你小马的模样？没有也别着急，下面小译就带你一探究竟~
- Ketchup was sold as medicine in the 1830s.
1.19世纪30年代番茄酱是作为药物售卖的
Thirty years before Heinz started bottling and selling the stuff as a condiment, an Ohio physician named Dr. John Cook Bennett thought the tomato-based product was as good as Pepto-Bismol. He said it could cure diarrhea and indigestion, and even concentrated ketchup into pill form to sell to the stomach-achy masses.
在亨氏公司开始将番茄酱作为调味品装瓶售卖的30年前，美国俄亥俄州的一名医生约翰·库克表示，番茄酱的疗效和Pepto-Bismol（一种止泻药）不相上下。他说腹泻以及消化不良的问题都能因此治好，他甚至还把番茄酱浓缩成药片销给胃痛的人。
- Robert Todd Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln's son, was in close proximity to three out of four presidential assassinations.
2.亚伯拉罕·林肯的儿子罗伯特·托德·林肯四次中有三次都接近总统暗杀现场
Lincoln, his parents' eldest son, was supposed to be at Ford's Theater with his mom and dad the night the president was assassinated, but he stayed back at the White House, less than a mile away, instead. Sixteen years later, he watched President James Garfield get fatally shot at Potomac Train Station in Washington, D.C. Even weirder? Lincoln was at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York when President William McKinley was assassinated in 1901.
罗伯特·托德·林肯是总统林肯的大儿子，总统遭遇暗杀那晚，他本应该是和父母一起待在福特剧院里，但那时他待在离剧院不到一英里的白宫。16年后，他还在华盛顿特区波托马克火车站目睹詹姆斯·加菲尔德遭致命枪杀。这不是更奇怪吗？1901年总统威廉·麦金莱在纽约布法罗参加泛美世界博览会遭暗杀时林肯也在现场。
- If you're being violent or drunk in Japan the police will get a futon and roll you into a burrito.
- 如果你在日本醉酒或闹事，警察会用蒲团将你卷成卷饼
In fact, Japanese police officers are rarely known to use guns or violence at all. If you're drunk (or acting violent), they'll wrap you up in the futons and carry you over to the station to calm you down instead of potentially instigating more hostilities.
事实上，日本警察极少使用枪支或是实施暴力。如果你喝醉酒（或是有暴力倾向），他们不会煽动你的情绪，而会选择把你裹在蒲团（日式被褥）里，然后带你到警察局冷静冷静。
- All mammals take about 12 seconds to poop, regardless of size.
- 所有的哺乳动物大便均需12秒左右
The science journal Soft Matter found that the diameter and length of feces is always comparable to those of any mammal's rectum and that no matter a mammal's size or weight, the pressure used to push out a bowel movement is equal. So whether it's an elephant or a mouse, it doesn't need too long to pop out poop.
科学期刊《软物质》发现粪便的直径和长度与哺乳动物直肠的直径和长度差不多。而且不论哺乳动物是大是小，是轻是重，排出大便的压力都是一样的。所以说不管是大至大象，还是小若老鼠，它们的排便时间都不会太长。
- Miami is the only major US city founded by a woman.
- 迈阿密是唯一一个由妇女建立的美国主要城市
Say hi to Julia Tuttle, the mother of Miami. She bought hundreds of acres of land in southern Florida in 1886, and thanks to her negotiations with railway magnate Henry Flagler to extend his railroads south to her property, her city got put on the map in a big way.
来和迈阿密之母——茱莉娅·塔特尔打声招呼吧！1886年，她购买了南弗罗里达州数百英亩的土地，后来，她同铁路大亨亨利·弗莱格勒商议，把铁路线延伸到她那块土地上，因此，迈阿密便大规模地出现在地图上。
- The story you've probably heard about lemmings jumping off of cliffs to their deaths FAKE.
- 旅鼠集体跳崖自杀的故事是假的
A 1958 nature documentary called White Wilderness appeared to show lemmings committing suicide off of a cliff in the Arctic. The doc was popular and even won an Oscar, but the truth is that they faked the entire cliff-jumping scene. Producers shipped lemmings to Alberta to film it, and even used a turntable at some points to force the animals to fly off the cliff. Scientists have since proven that the entire myth of lemming suicide is a hoax.
1958年自然纪录片《白色荒野》中就有出现大群旅鼠在北冰洋跳崖自杀的镜头。这部纪录片颇受好评，并斩获奥斯卡奖，但事实上，整个跳崖镜头是伪造的。制片人先用船将旅鼠运到亚伯达（位于加拿大），然后再开始拍摄这一场景，在某些时候甚至还会用转盘迫使这些旅鼠跳崖。不过，科学家现已证实这一神秘现象纯属骗局。
- Anxious travelers can play with mini horses at a Kentucky airport.
- 在肯塔基机场，焦虑的旅客能够逗玩迷你小马
Twice a month, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport brings in two adorable mini horses named Denver and Ruby from a nearby farm to help nervous jet-setters feel relaxed. Aren't you more chilled-out just reading about them?
辛辛那提市的北肯塔基国际机场出现了两只可爱的迷你小马，一个叫丹佛，一个叫卢比，每个月执勤两次。迷你小马原本生活在附近的一个农场里，这次被安置在机场是为了平复旅客乘机前的焦虑心情。话说仅仅读到有关它们的内容就能让你放松不少不是吗？