Alex Trebek Has Led a More Interesting Life Than All of Us

He Bought a Whole Mountain Just to Build a House on It

If you're making $10 million per week, you can afford anything your heart desires—and that includes a mountain. Trebek paid $1.5 million for just over 35 acres of land north of the Sunset Strip, chopping off the top of a mountain in order to build the sweet pad pictured above.

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The More You Know

  • Hippos have the largest mouths of any animal on land.
  • Tic Tac mints are named after the sound their container makes.
  • The Netherlands has the tallest population.
  • But the loudest animal relative to its size is a water bug.
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