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TIL Jeopardy tapes five episodes a day, two days a week, every other week.

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l7BeB TIL that Tom Cruise earns the most per word for his movies at $7,091 a word or around $205,609 for 10 seconds of work. Second is Kurt Russell who gets $5,682 per word, Johnny Depp comes in third at $4,877 per word.
XArj TIL most world languages don’t distinguish between blue and green
D1pZJ TIL that Christopher Walken is one of only two actors (the other being Alec Baldwin) to have a standing offer from Lorne Michaels to host Saturday Night Live whenever his schedule permits. Thus far he has hosted the show 7 times, his most famous appearance being the "More Cowbell!" sketch.
LkRBr TIL of the Bulwer-Lyton fiction contest, in which entrants are invited "to compose the opening sentence to the worst of all possible novels"
YpQWG TIL a Utah Highway Patrol officer pulled over what he believed to be an impaired driver. It was a 5 year old who had stolen his parents car and made it on to the freeway after an argument with Mom because she wouldn't buy him a Lamborghini. He was on his way to California with $3 to purchase one.