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TIL YouTuber Trevor Jacob intentionally crashed his plane for views in 2021, portraying it on video as an unplanned real-life event. In May 2023, he admitted his motive for clicks and agreed to plead guilty to a felony count of intent to obstruct a federal investigation.

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0Q5N TIL during a kidney transplant the damaged kidneys are generally not removed, the new kidney is simply placed in a different location.
v1kRx TIL the pygmy marmoset can can leap 15 feet into the air despite being just 5 inches, that is about 36 times it's own height. Equivalent to a 6 ft human jumping 216 feet into the air.
7raLX TIL that between the years of 1995 and 2003 the mayor of Bogotá, Columbia hired mimes to ridicule traffic violators in the streets in an effort to reduce chaotic driving. Traffic fatalities decreased 50% as a result.
O0EY TIL that only apes, elephants, and some dolphins, whales, and birds can pass the mirror self-awareness test
OVX TIL twin brothers Jim & Jim were separated at birth and raised in different families, and each married women called Linda, got divorced and remarried women called Betty. Both men had a son called ‘James’ and owned a dog called 'Toy’.