Published 14:26 IST, September 3rd 2019
US student on Tiktok shot to fame overnight for his 5-inch long thumb
Jacob Pina, a student from Westport, Massachusetts in US became an overnight sensation on TikTok after videos of him flaunting his 5-inch long thumb goes viral
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Jacob Pina, a 20-year-old student from United States has shot to fame after posting videos on Tiktok. Oddly eugh, however, what has taken internet by storm is t his singing or acting skills but his 5-inch long thumb! Originally from Westport, Massachusetts Jacob has become an internet sensation overnight due to his unusually long thumb towering above rest of his fingers which he deliberately features in his videos, where he introduces his thumb with quirky and witty cameos.
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Jacob's odd, funny, long thumb
In one of his videos, Jacob told audience about his thumb asserting that he is never going to lose a single thumb battle. “Hey guys, so this is my thumb. Yes it is very long, yes it is real and yes, I have never lost a thumb battle,” jokes Jacob, before using his thumb to push a water bottle off a table. His video has since clocked in over 2.1 million 'likes' 37,400 comments at time of publishing.
Jacob Pina has over 1,50,000 followers on Tiktok. You can find numerous videos where you see his mighty thumb. In one of such videos, Pina is tapping his dog on he with gigantic thumb. Yes! You're definitely going to go bonkers!
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Pina on his thumb
Speaking on how he felt about being different, Jacob said to a UK publication that he has idea why his thumb is disproportionately longer than rest of his fingers. Pina also ded that he doesn't care about trolls and that he accepts his physical features. He shared instances when people would compare length of ir own thumb with his and freak out. In interview, his thumb was actually measured and length stood a striking 4 and a half inches! That's perhaps longest we have heard of.
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Since n re has been a lot of comments and questions about his thumb, but Jacob responded to m sportively and posted a video of his entire palm. In post he mentions, "Here's rest of my hand."
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Jacob's or interests
Besides having a long thumb, Jacob said that he is really good with Xbox, and enjoys besting people at Rainbow Six Siege, an online tactical shooter video game. In interview to a UK-based publication, Pina said that he me it to top ten in world for 10 seasons straight.
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13:05 IST, September 3rd 2019