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1,307

Distance, in feet, that a Missouri tornado carried Matt Suter, 17, in March. Suter survived.

SOURCE: USA TODAY

30

Number of minutes the average American spends preparing dinner every evening, down from 2.5 hours in the 1960s.

SOURCE: THE NEW YORK TIME5

250

Age, in years, of a giant tortoise that died at a Calcutta zoo in March. He was said to have been the world's oldest animal.

SOURCE: REUTERS

200 million

Estimated number of domesticated fowl, that have died of avian flu or been killed to stop its spread. [See p. 16.]

SOURCE: THE NEW YORK TIMES

5%

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