10個使你愛上這個星球的人類事實

1. Peaceful Era

1.和平年代

We are now in the midst of the most peaceful era of human history. Back in the 1940s, 300 out of every 100,000 people would die as a direct result of war. We’re happy to tell you that that figure is now less than 1.

在人類的歷史上，我們正處於最和平的年代。早在二十世紀四十年代，每10萬個人中就有300人直接死於戰爭。我們可以很欣慰地告訴你今天這個數字少於1。

2. Worldwide Murders

2.全球謀殺案

557,000 people were murdered across the world in 2001 alone. That number significantly dropped by 289,000 by 2008. The homocide rate is now in decline in 75% of nations.

僅在2001年，全球就約有55.7萬人被謀殺。而到了2008年，這個數據就減少了28.9萬人。如今，全球的謀殺率已經下降了75%。

3. Poverty

3.貧窮

52% of the world lived in extreme poverty in 1981. This number dropped down by 21% in 2010, as 721 million fewer people no longer live in absolute poverty.

在1981年，全球52%的人極其窮困潦倒。這個數字在2010年的時候下降了21%，少於7.21億人還過着極度貧困的生活。

4. Life Expectancy

4.平均壽命

The life expectancy of the average human has increased more in the past 50 years than it did in the 200,000 years of human existence. Life expectancy is now 70 years old – which is a big difference from 47 years old in 1950!

人類在過去50年的平均壽命比人類存在的20萬年中的平均壽命要長的多。目前，人類的平均壽命是70歲，1950年的平均壽命是47歲，兩者存在很大的差異。

5. Gay Marriage

5.同性婚姻

While there is a still a way to go to ensure the LGBT commUnity has the same rights as sexual couples, the world has moved on significantly in recent years. In fact, gay marriage is now legal for 60% of Americans. What about the other 40%, you ask? The List Love really believes the rest of the United States, and many other countries across the world – we’re talking to you, Russia! -will catch up soon.

近幾年，得益於世界日新月異，就像保護異性夫妻一樣， LGBT羣體（女同性戀、男同性戀、雙性戀、跨性別人士）也會得到同樣的權利保障。事實上，如今60%的美國人承認同性婚姻的合法性，如果你問那剩餘的40%呢？我們可以告訴你美國的其他地方以及世界的其他地方，例如俄羅斯，很快都會趕上腳步。

You might think 60% is absolutely nothing, but this is a significant step, seeing as gay marriage was not legal anywhere in the United States in 2003.

或許你會認爲這個60%並不起眼，但它是很重要的一步，因爲在2003年，同性婚姻在美國的任何地方都是不合法的。

6. Cancer Mortality Rate

6.癌症死亡率

Between 1991 and 2010, the cancer mortality rate fell by a whopping 20%, which is more than 10% a decade. One day we will say goodbye to cancer for good.

在1991年至2010年之間，癌症死亡率顯著下降了20%，這比過去十年下降總和的10%還要多。總有一天，我們會跟癌症說再見。

7. Hearing Aid

7.助聽器

Marvel created superhero Blue Ear, who wears a hearing aid, after a little boy refused to wear one because "superheroes don’t wear hearing aids".

2002年，一名4歲的小男孩患有耳聾，但他不願意戴助聽器，因爲超級英雄們都不戴。之後，漫威（Marvel）創作了一個戴着助聽器的藍耳俠（Blue Ear）。

8. Illiteracy

8.文盲

World illiteracy has reduced by 50% between 1970 to today.

從1970年到今天，世界各地的文盲減少了50%。

9. Smiling

9.微笑

Blind people smile even when they have never seen someone smile.

即使從未見過人微笑，盲人也會微笑。

10. Knighted Penguin

10．被授予爵位的企鵝

Last but by no means least is our favourite fact that Norway once knighted a penguin. His name is Nils Olav, and he is a king penguin who now resides on Edinburgh Zoo, Scotland. He is the mascot and Colonel-in-Chief of the Norwegian Royal Guard. He was knighted on 15th August, 2008, which was approved by King Harald V, who stated during the ceremony that Nils was "in every way qualified to receive the honour and dignity of knighthood".

挪威曾爲一隻企鵝授予爵位。它現在居住在蘇格蘭的愛丁堡動物園，是那裏的企鵝王，它叫尼爾斯·奧拉夫（ Nils Olav）。它不僅是一隻吉祥物，更是挪威皇家護衛隊的名譽上校。2008年8月15日，國王哈拉爾五世（King Harald V）授予奧拉夫爵位，並在授予典禮上聲明“奧拉夫在各方面都有資格獲得騎士爵位的榮譽和尊嚴”。

注：本文轉載自前十網，譯者：Carrie