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TIL Jeopardy! contestant James Holzhauer is the 3rd highest-earning American game show contestant ever at $3.52 million & also holds the single-game winnings record at $131,127. He's the first & only player to win $100,000+ in a single episode and he accomplished this feat six times.

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