💼🤑 Stat of the Day: A reality star known as the “Golden God” of Survivor Australia just scored a $5.8 million payout, representing the biggest cash prize in primetime TV history.

On the Season 2 finale of NBC’s Deal or No Deal Island—a spinoff of the original show featuring grueling island-related challenges to retrieve briefcases of cash—Australian David Genat repeatedly refused to make a deal because the top case of $12,232,001 was still in play.

• But, with just two cases left, Genat finally ended up making a deal with the banker for his record-high payout.
• It turned out to be a wise move, as his chosen case held just $75—meaning if Genat had passed on the offer, that’s all he would have won.

Big picture: Genat more than doubled the previous primetime TV record of $2.5 million, won by Jeopardy! legend and current host Ken Jennings following his streak of 74 consecutive victories.

🤔 Did You Know? In the original Snow White, published in 1812 by Brothers Grimm, the Evil Queen intended to eat Snow White’s organs to gain immortality—but instead, the Huntsman helps Snow White escape and fools the Queen with a pig’s organ. The cannibalistic story wasn’t toned down until Walt Disney created the animated film in 1937.

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