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

He's Not Actually Writing Anything Down on Jeopardy!

Although it may seem like Trebek is jotting down some notes after reading each clue aloud to the contestant, he's actually just crossing off the clues to keep himself from accidentally re-reading them on air. The method seems to be working, considering he's done it thousands upon thousands of times. Smart move. 

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The More You Know

  • Mattel once tried to sue Aqua over their song "Barbie Girl". The judge literally told them to "chill".
  • Coca-Cola once bought all the website URLs that can be read as ahh, all the way up to 62 h’s.
  • The word "muscle" comes from a Latin term meaning "little mouse."
  • There are around 60,000 miles of blood vessels in the human body. If you took them all out and laid them end to end, they’d stretch around the world more than twice.
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