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Yale Index
| 1. | Number of Harvard fellowships endowed by members of Osama bin Laden's family since 1992 | 2 |
| 2. | Number of Yale professors suspected of serious crimes | 2 |
| 3. | Number of Yale students expelled or suspended for first-time academic dishonesty during the 1997-98 school year | 0 |
| 4. | Number of Yale sophomores who received a written warning when caught "partially undressed" after sleeping in the Sterling stacks | 7 |
| 5. | Number of days an Afghan can spend in jail for trimming his beard | 10 |
| 6. | Number of Index writers who prefer Yale to Afghanistan | 2 |
| 7. | Percent of the world's mail handled by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) in 1998 | 41 |
| 8. | Number of pieces of mail handled by the USPS in 1998 | 198 billion |
| 9. | Pieces of mail handled per minute by the USPS | 376,712 |
| 10. | E-mail messages sent in the U.S. in 1997 | 2.7 trillion |
| 11. | Number of letters carried by the "Missile Mail" test missile fired in 1959 | 3,000 |
| 12. | Number of missiles it would take to replace e-mail | 900 million |
| 13. | Number of remaining mule-carried mail routes in the U.S. | 1 |
| 14. | Number of mail-carrying mules sent via Missile Mail | 0 |
| 15. | CNN.com hits for "Postal Service" and "gunman" | 11 |
--Compiled by Gelf and the Slifsta
Sources: 1) Harper's; 2) The Yale Herald; 3) Yale Bulletin & Calendar; 4) Deep Throat; 5) CNN; 6) Math; 7,8,9) Associated Press; 10) Electronic Messaging Association; 11,13) USPS; 12) Mathematica; 14) Just a guess; 15) CNN.com
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