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— Tiger Woods’s caddie Steve Williams kicked a spectator’s camera at the 2004 US Open after its owner took a photo during Tiger’s backswing. On another occasion, he dropped a fan’s camera in a pond.
A study by the London School of Tropical Medicine claimed that the world’s obese people eat enough extra food to feed a billion people. How much does food intake vary between nations?
| Average adult weight (kg) | Average daily intake (kCal) | |
| Heaviest nations | ||
| 81.9 | US | 2870 |
| 77.5 | Kuwait | 2980 |
| 76.9 | Qatar | 3010 |
| 76.3 | Croatia | 2740 |
| 74 | Egypt | 2830 |
Lightest nations
| 50.5 | Nepal | 2350 |
| 52.6 | North Korea | 2350 |
| 53.4 | Congo | 2410 |
| 54 | Burundi | 2420 |
| 55.8 | Cambodia | 2472 |
A zookeeper was killed by a pack of wolves when she entered an enclosure at a Swedish zoo. Which captive animals kill the most people?
Average deaths per year in US, 1990–2008
| Big cats | 1.1 |
| Venomous snakes | 0.88 |
| Elephants | 0.72 |
| Constrictor snakes | 0.44 |
| Bears | 0.16 |
| Alligators/crocodiles | 0 |
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