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TIL of Mamihlapinatapai, the "most succinct word and hardest to translate" that means "a look shared by two people, each wishing that the other would initiate something that they both desire but which neither wants to begin."

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9wk9X TIL the familiar music played during Final Jeopardy is called "Think". It was written in 1963 by Merv Griffin, creator of Jeopardy, to help his then five-year-old son Tony fall asleep. Since its first use in the show in 1964, the song has earned the Griffin estate over $100 million in royalties.
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