科普你：8个会让你大跌眼镜的事实

1. The continents look entirely different than you think they do.
大陆板块的形状与你想象中的完全不同。

The map you're used to is more Western-focused and stretches out the size of continents near the poles. Africa and South America are actually way bigger. Here's a more accurate representation of the world, according to the The Gall-Peters Projection map, created in 1885.
你熟知的地球板块形状是以欧洲为中心的，而且夸大了靠近极地的板块的面积。非洲和南美洲实际上比你想象中大得多。上图是1885年、由专业板块绘制机构制作的盖尔-皮特斯投影地图，这张图片更准确的展示了地球的板块形状。

2. If you believe that you're truly one in a million, there are still approximately 7,184 more people just like you.
别相信你真是独一无二的，世界上大约有7184个人和你长得很像。

You aren't that special! There are over 7 billion people on the planet right now. Each and every one of them should be treated with respect.
你并不那么特别！现在地球上已经有超过70亿人口了，每个人都应该受到尊重。

3. There are castles and even lighthouses that are less expensive than NYC apartments.
有些城堡甚至灯塔比纽约市的公寓还便宜。

With New York City rent rising over an average $3,000 a month even in Brooklyn this year, it's becoming more and more appealing to perhaps move somewhere else. If you're one of the lucky ones who has a bit of money to burn, might as well spend it on a real-life castle or lighthouse, right?
今年纽约市房租渐长，就连布鲁克林区的房租都涨到平均3000美元一个月了。越来越多的人想搬去别处。如果你也是那些有点存款的幸运儿，还不如把钱花在租一个货真价实的城堡或灯塔上，不是吗？

4. 10 percent of the entire world population is still illiterate.
全球总人口中还有10%从未接受过教育。

Unfortunately certain countries are also skewing the data upwards on this statistic. Nations such as Afghanistan only have a 28 percent literacy rate for the total population.
不幸的是在一些国家这个数据可能更为严重。例如阿富汗，阿富汗全国人口中只有28%接受过教育。