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

Runnerup Contestants Used to Receive Consolation Prizes

Before the year 2002, second- and third-place winners were given consolation prizes instead of cash earnings to keep yearly production costs as low as possible. These prizes ranged from vacation packages to merchandise donated for promotional consideration.

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The More You Know

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  • There's only one country in the world that doesn't use the metric system.
  • A U.S. park ranger named Roy C. Sullivan held the record for being struck by lightning the most times, having been struck — and surviving — seven times between 1942 and 1977.
  • Glaciers and ice sheets hold about 69 percent of the world's freshwater.
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