The song describes a despondent and isolated teenage boy. But who was Jeremy Delle, the 15-year-old behind the hit single "Jeremy?"In the spring of 1991, the lead singer of Pearl Jam, Eddie Vedder, was reading his morning newspaper when he came across a shocking headline about a teenage suicide. 15-year-old Jeremy Delle had inexplicably shot himself in front of his class at Richardson High School in Richardson, Texas.
Vedder was struck by the story and immediately felt the need to honor the boy. Read More...
Interesting Diseases: Jumping Frenchmen of Maine Image Source: Team Marco Polo
Ah the the simpler days of the 19th century, when you could just describe things by whatever racist name popped into your head first. Hence, we have “jumping Frenchmen syndrome.”
Just keep your “frog” jokes to yourself, racist. Image Source: Moser Glass
Jumping Frenchmen syndrome was discovered among French-Canadian lumberjacks in Maine and Quebec in the 1870s, and it’s hardly been observed elsewhere, leading researchers to believe it’s probably inherited. Read More...
Blair Adams became convinced that someone was after him just before he fled his home in Canada in July 1996 — then he mysteriously turned up dead in a Tennessee parking lot just a few days later.Riddle-Me-This/TwitterBlair Adams was found dead just outside Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1996 — and his murder remains unsolved to this day.
Blair Adams’ trip to Tennessee made as much sense as the way he died – very little. Read More...
