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Once a week, we present and “Unfun Fact”. Last week we learned about dolphins who commit suicide in captivity. Today, we’ll learn about a the singer of a novelty song who died during a police standoff while his very famous relative tried to talk him into surrendering.
Our story starts with a very, very silly song:
You’ve probably heard this novelty song…either with a dancing banana video, or from sports venues around the country or from multiple episodes of Family Guy appearing as yet another bit that Seth McFarlane absolutely runs into the ground.
But, do you know the tragic story about how the man who sang Peanut Butter Jelly time met his demise? Well, there’s a pretty interesting, yet depressing, story.