BEAVER ANUS

海狸的肛門

We could be eating food flavored with beaver butt, without even knowing it.

我們很可能吃到由海狸屁股調味的食物，卻完全不知道！

Taken from a sac inside the beaver's anus, Castoreum is a slimy brown substance used by the animal to mark its territory.

從海狸肛門的氣囊裡取得的海狸香，是一個黏糊的咖啡色物體，被海狸用來宣示自己的領地界線

Used in the food industry to enhance the taste of vanilla in foods such as ice cream.

食物產業裡，是用來提升食物裡香草的味道，像是冰淇淋

Castoreum is hidden under the unassuming title, "natural flavoring".

海狸香是隱藏在「天然香料」名稱之下的成分

EYELASH MITES

睫毛螨

For at least 50% of us, millions of microscopic mites are living undetected in the hair follicles all over our body.

我們當中至少50%的人的毛囊內，都住著百萬隻微生物螨，而我們卻沒察覺到

Called demodex mites, their 2 week life span consists of them mating on our skin, before the female buries deep into a hair follicle to lay her eggs.

叫做蠕形螨，他們雖然只有兩個禮拜的生命，但足以在我們的皮膚上交配，並讓母螨深入我們的毛囊產卵

With no anus, the mite's life ends in a dramatic explosion, where it releases its feces all over our skin.

牠們沒有肛門，螨的生命結束時會突然爆發，釋放牠們的排泄物到我們的皮膚上

BRAZILIAN WANDERING SPIDER

巴西流浪蜘蛛

Native to Central and South America, the Brazilian Wandering Spider is the world's most deadliest spider!

來自中南美洲，巴西流浪蜘蛛是世界上最致命的蜘蛛

However, they are on occasion found hiding in groceries around the world.

然而，他們偶爾會被發現藏在世界各地的雜貨中

Its venomous bite can kill victims in just two hours or cause painful 4 hour-long erections.

牠咬一口就非常毒，可以在兩小時內使人死亡，或是造成持續4小時疼痛的勃起

Last year, a man in Britain was driven out of his home when he found the spider hiding in a bunch of bananas he'd ordered from the supermarket.

去年，有個英國男人在開車回家的路上發現巴西流浪蜘蛛藏在他在超市買的香蕉裡

FECAL MATTER

糞便物

Fecal matter just seems to get everywhere.

糞便物似乎每個地方都有

A microbiologist has found that some men's beards contain so much fecal matter that they are as dirty as toilets.

一個微生物學家發現有些男人的鬍子上含有很多糞便物，他們的鬍子就跟馬桶一樣髒

A study by MythBusters found that the spray from a flushed toilet can contaminate toothbrushes kept in a bathroom with fecal matter.

流言終結者做的一個研究顯示，馬桶沖水時的水花會汙染放在浴室裡的牙刷，讓它們沾上糞便物

But interestingly, fecal matter was also found on the two toothbrushes kept as a control, in another room.

但是有趣的是，糞便物也被發現在對照組房間的兩支牙刷上

How'd it get there!?

它是怎麼跑到另一間房間的兩支牙刷上的！？

OBESITY VIRUS

肥胖病毒

The common virus Ad-36 is thought to be able to cause obesity, by encouraging the body to grow more fat cells.

常見的病毒Ad-36被認為可能會造成肥胖，它會促進身體產生肥胖細胞

Caught like the common cold, one study found that ten years after having been exposed to the virus.

就像得到一般感冒一樣，一個研究顯示，在接觸病毒長達十年之後，

volunteers had a higher body mass index and body fat percentage than those who hadn't been infected.

自願接觸者會有較高的質量指標，而且身體的肥胖百分比也高於那些沒受到感染的人

BELLY BUTTON BACTERIA

肚臍的細菌

A recent study found 1458 new species of bacteria living in participants' belly buttons.

最近的一個研究發現1458種新的細菌住在參與研究者的肚臍裡

We are taught to have an average of 67 species of bacteria living in our belly buttons alone.

我們被教導平均有67種細菌住在我們的肚臍裡

One man had bacteria in his belly button which had previously only ever been found in Japanese soil, despite having never been to Japan.

有個男人肚臍裡有著之前在日本的土壤裡才有的細菌，但他根本沒去過日本！

Another participant was harboring bacterium that had only ever been known to thrive within ice caps and thermal vents.

另一個參與者則被發現有一種細菌棲息在他的肚臍，這種細菌被認為只會在冰帽或是熱井這種極端地區才能好好生長！

SHELLAC

蟲膠

Ever wondered how they get apples so shinny?

曾經想過為什麼蘋果這麼閃閃發光嗎？

Made from the secretion of the kerria Iacca insect, it's used as a food additive.

那些閃閃發光的材質是用kerria Iacca蟲的分泌物來做成的，它被用來當作食品添加物

Sprayed on everything from pills to jelly beans to give them an extra shine.

它被撒在每個東西上，藥丸到果凍都有，為了讓它們發出亮光

Inevitably the bugs themselves get crushed up in the shellac making process, giving our food that extra bite.

不可避免地，為了取這些分泌物，這些蟲會被輾碎，讓我們的食物能夠有額外的光澤

TREE MAN

樹人

Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) is a common infection that usually causes small warts to develop on sufferers.

HPV病毒是個常見的傳染病，通常會造成病患長出一些小小的疣

Transmitted through sex or infected blood, one man in Indonesia caught the virus after accidentally cutting his knee.

藉由性愛和被感染的血液來傳染，一個印尼的男人意外的傷了他的膝蓋後感染了這個病毒

Due to his weak immune system the warts sprouted over his body as tree-like growths, known as cutaneous horns.

由於他虛弱的免疫系統，疣在他全身上下長了出來，就像樹一樣的生長，是皮膚的角質

Transforming his hands into yellow branches, 1 meter long.

把他的雙手變成了黃色的樹枝，長達1公尺

TOXOPLASMA GONDII

弓形蟲

1/3 of the world's population is unknowingly infected by the personality-altering parasite, toxoplasma gondii.

世界上三分之一的人口無意識地被改變人格的寄生蟲感染，那就是弓形蟲

The parasite is commonly caught from household cats or by eating undercooked meat.

這個寄生蟲最常被發現在家貓身上或是吃到未被烹煮的肉

And is thought to make men more aggressive and suspicious, while making women more intelligent.

牠被認為會使男人變得更有攻擊性、更會猜忌，但是卻讓女人變得更聰明

However, the parasite is also linked to OCD, schizophrenia and even suicidal behavior.

然而，這個寄生蟲也和強迫性神經官能症 (OCD)、精神分裂症，甚至自殺行為相關

LOTTERY OF LIFE

樂透人生

You are more likely be hit by a car, struck by lightning, hit by an asteroid, or killed by flesh-eating bacteria on your way to buying a lottery ticket.

當你在路上準備去買樂透彩時，你比較可能被車撞、被閃電打到、被小行星打中、或是食肉的細菌殺死

than you are to actually win the jackpot in the Mega Millions lottery---the odds of which are 1/176 million.

比你真的贏了「億萬樂透彩」的機率還大，中樂透的機率只有一億七千六百萬分之一！

The Euromillions odds are slightly more favorable at 1/116531800.

「歐洲百萬彩」的機率稍微比較好看一點，有一億一千六百五十三萬一千八百分之一