Crazy as that sounds, Freakonomics reported that Stanford University and Japan won the same number of Olympic medals in Beijing.  And perhaps more amazing, another interesting fact was pointed out by a commenter: “Stanford with a student body of 19K was able to generate almost 25% of the total US medal count, with less than 0.01% of the US population.” Wow. As a Stanford student myself, I am aware of our good althletic programs, but this is shocking even to me.  Are they putting something in the water?

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