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400

Approximate number of public one-room schoolhouses in the U.S., down from 196,000 in 1917.

SOURCE: THE NEW YORK TIMES

2.5%

Percentage of India's households that own an automobile. Thirty-two percent own a television. (See p. 16)

SOURCE: THE NEW YORK TIMES

5 million dollars

Amount in a fund set up by Microsoft Corp. to reward those who help catch the creators of computer viruses.

SOURCE: MICROSOFT

52%

Percentage of teenagers (13 to 17) who favor the death penalty as punishment for murderers.

SOURCE: GALLUP POLL. DEC. 2003

8 billion miles

Distance from Earth traveled...