7/94Price of a copy of Kurt Cobain’s death certificate from Post Mortem Arts in Seattle: $25

Harper’s research/Post Mortem Arts (Seattle)

9/86Number of times mail carriers were bitten by dogs in 1985: 6,312

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

11/94Pieces of undelivered mail found in the trunk of a car belonging to a Chicago postman last spring: 3,000

U.S. Postal Service (Chicago)

10/95Number of mail-order catalogues distributed worldwide last year by the L.A. County Coroner’s gift shop: 10,000

L.A. County Coroner

2/88Wallets found in Manhattan mail collection boxes by postal workers each day: 250

U.S. Postal Service (N.Y.C.)