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TIL that India installed the world's highest public telephone booth on the 20,000-foot Siachen Glacier in the Himalayas, so soldiers could phone home.

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awk4A TIL that Jeopardy was canceled twice before the current incarnation of the show. It ran for 11 years before it was canceled & the reboot only lasted 3 months. Alex Trebek was a producer who made the show "his own" leading to it's current & longtime success.
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