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TIL that the song Jeremy by pearl jam was based on actual events

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Y7vvd TIl in August 1966, Charles Whitman climbed to the top of the clock tower at the University of Texas and used a high power rifle to kill 17 people. His autopsy showed that he had a highly malignant brain tumor that might have caused his murderous behavior.
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