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TIL Ken Jennings and his friend Earl both passed the Jeopardy auditions together, but Earl couldn't compete until Ken lost as they weren't allowed to compete at the same time. Since Jeopardy only keeps auditions until the end of the season, Earl didn't get a chance to play due to Ken's long streak

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