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30 unusual facts about Donald "Duck" Dunn


Ask Dr. Science

Ask Dr. Science is a daily humorous radio sketch produced by the comedy troupe Duck's Breath Mystery Theatre.

David B. Dunn

From 2002 to 2005 he served as Principal Officer at the Consulate General in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Donald Ardell

In 1977 he published High Level Wellness: An Alternative to Doctors, Drugs, and Disease, expanding the concept of High Level Wellness first employed by Halbert L. Dunn.

Donald Bryant

Donald "Isa" Hamm Bryant (1943–2007), American author, historian and activist

Duck-billed Buntingi

Instead most scientists believe the human introduction of the predatory fishes including snakehead, Channa striata, and tilapia, Oreochromis mossambicus, most likely lead to their present conservation status.

Duck's Breath Mystery Theatre

The sketches became nationally popular, and three of the recurring characters – Dr. Science (Coffey), Ian Shoales (Kessler), and Randee of the Redwoods (Turner) – became better known than the group.

The group was formed in 1975 by University of Iowa students Bill Allard, Dan Coffey, Merle Kessler, Leon Martell, and Jim Turner.

Duck's Cross

The settlement forms part of the Colmworth civil parish, though Duck's Cross is located nearer to the villages of Wilden, and Colesden.

Eagle Squadrons

The squadron's first confirmed victory came on 21 July 1941 when P/O William R. Dunn destroyed a Messerschmitt Bf 109F over Lille.

George H. Dunn

From March 4, 1837 to March 3, 1839, Dunn served on the Twenty-fifth Congress, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection.

He was a promoter of the first railway in Indiana and was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the Twenty-fourth Congress.

Harvey B. Dunn

Dunn was best known for his appearances in several 1950s B movies including three Ed Wood films, Bride of the Monster (1955), Night of the Ghouls (1959), and The Sinister Urge (1961).

James J. Devine

In 1980, Devine volunteered on the unsuccessful mayoral campaign of Raymond Lesniak, who challenged Elizabeth, New Jersey Mayor Thomas G. Dunn, Jr.

His roots as a political operative in Union County began in 1980, during Raymond Lesniak's ill-fated primary election challenge to Elizabeth Mayor Thomas G. Dunn.

Jean Tourane

In the 1990s, clips from this series were merged into a new series called The Adventures of Dynamo Duck, which aired on Fox Kids in the United States.

John M. Dunn

He established underworld connections including Joseph P. Ryan, who had sponsored him for union membership, and Meyer Lansky who had been in discussions regarding the use of the longshoremen's union to assist in the importation of heroin and cocaine into the United States.

John T. Dunn

Born in Tipperary, Ireland, Dunn immigrated to the United States with his father, who settled in New Jersey in 1845.

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress.

K. D. Dunn

Keldrick Arthur Dunn (born April 28, 1963 in Fort Hood, Texas) is a former American football tight end in the National Football League for the St. Louis Cardinals, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Washington Redskins, and the New York Jets.

Linwood G. Dunn

Other later large-format and/or high-profile films Dunn's company did opticals for are My Fair Lady (1964), The Great Race (1965), Hawaii (1966), The Bible: In the Beginning (1966), Darling Lili (1970), and Airport (1970).

Moby Duck

Moby-Duck: The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea and of the Beachcombers, Oceanographers, Environmentalists, and Fools, Including the Author, Who Went in Search of Them, a 2011 book by Donovan Hohn

National Center for History in the Schools

More recently, NCHS has developed materials for World History including World History for Us All: The Big Eras: A Compact History of Humankind for Teachers and Students with Ross E. Dunn, a professor emeritus and co-Director for World History.

Randy D. Dunn

Representative Dunn was born in Kansas City, Missouri on November 18th, 1982 to the Union of Randy Dunn and Janice Dunn, Democratic Committeewoman for the 18th Ward in Jackson County Missouri.

Terry L. Dunn

Of 99 percent of state's precincts reporting, Dunn received 791,487 votes to incumbent Susan Parker's 639,792.

The Three Little Men in the Wood

:Second, the theme of the stepmother (or another woman) managing to usurp the true bride's place after the marriage, is often found in other fairy tales, where the obstacles to the marriage differ, if they were part of the tale: The Wonderful Birch, Brother and Sister, The Witch in the Stone Boat, Bushy Bride, or The White Duck.

Thomas G. Dunn

His staunch conservative ideology, dubious ethical standing and irascible personality earned Dunn a spirited primary election challenge from progressive Democrat James J. Devine when he ran for the General Assembly in 1991.

After completing his military service he helped found Local 1470 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers while working at the Kearny, New Jersey Western Electric facility.

Tour d'Argent

Duck, especially the pressed duck, is the specialty (Canard à la presse, Caneton à la presse, Caneton Tour d'Argent).

United States v. Dunn

The Drug Enforcement Agents began investigating the defendant when he purchased large quantities of chemicals used in the production of illegal drugs.

William M. Dunn

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1862 to the Thirty-eighth Congress.


2003 in birding and ornithology

A female Redhead (duck) on Barra, Outer Hebrides from September through until April 2004 was Britain's third (but the first female).

2004–05 Chappell–Hadlee Trophy

Ponting's dismissal proved to be the precursor to another middle order collapse for Australia, for Hayden was dismissed just a few minutes later for 43, and in even shorter order Damien Martyn was dismissed for 5 and Andrew Symonds for his second consecutive duck.

Artificial duck

Mock duck, a gluten-based vegetarian food intended to appear and taste like duck meat

Benjamin P. Lamberton

He lived in Washington, D.C. during his retirement, enjoying duck hunting and fishing with his friend President Grover Cleveland.

Boarstall Duck Decoy

The Boarstall Duck Decoy is a 17th-century duck decoy located in Boarstall, Buckinghamshire, England, and now a National Trust property.

Charles Sherwin

He scored a duck in the first innings and seven in the second when he opened with Levi Wright who went on to score a century.

Cold Bay, Alaska

Approximately 130,000 Pacific Black Brant, 62,000 Emperor Geese, 50,000 Taverner's Canada Geese, 300,000 ducks, and 80,000 shore birds stop over in the Izembek area during migration and as many as 50,000 Steller's Eiders find winter grounds there.

Crocoduck

The crocoduck is an imagined hybrid animal with the head of a crocodile and the body of a duck proposed by Ray Comfort and Kirk Cameron.

Daffy Duck for President

Daffy Duck for President is a children's book, published by Warner Bros. and the United States Postal Service in 1997 to coincide with the release of the first Bugs Bunny U.S. postage stamp.

Dalray

When his owner was quizzed about the defeat he declared "Phar Lap got beaten and Bradman got a duck".

Demarest, New Jersey

Demarest is also served by Rockland Coaches routes 14, 20/20T and 84, with a stop by the Duck Pond on County Route 505 which provides service to and from the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan and the Palisades Center in West Nyack, New York, a common shopping destination for many residents.

Destroyer Duck

Destroyer Duck was an anthology comic book published by Eclipse Comics in 1982, as well as the title of its primary story, written by Steve Gerber and featuring artwork by Jack Kirby.

Digesting Duck

A replica of Vaucanson's mechanical duck, created by Ian Huynh, was part of the collection of the (now defunct) Grenoble Automata Museum.

Dove Across the Water

#Duncan Johnstone / The Duck (D. Macleod) / The Curlew (D.Macpherson) (4:39)

Duck Studios

Mickey's PhilharMagic - In 2003, director Jamie Caliri worked with Duck Soup and Walt Disney Feature Animation to create a sequence featuring characters from The Lion King.

Frederick Asquith

A specialist wicket-keeper, he took two catches in the match but in his only innings failed to score, being bowled for a duck by Gilbert Jessop after coming in at number six in the order.

Gold Duck

According to one story, recorded by poet-journalist Artur Oppman, the duck dwells in the cellars beneath Warsaw's Ostrogski Castle (now home to the Fryderyk Chopin Museum).

If You See Him/If You See Her

"If You See Him/If You See Her" is a song written by Terry McBride, Jennifer Kimball and Tommy Lee James, and recorded by American country music artist Reba McEntire, along with the duo Brooks & Dunn.

Islesford Historical Museum and Blue Duck Ships Store

The Islesford Historical Museum and Blue Duck Ships' Store are related historical exhibits on Little Cranberry Island in Maine, within the boundaries of Acadia National Park.

It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown

In the second mall scene, Peppermint Patty, Marcie and Snoopy dance to a band quartet music box including an angel, a triplet band, and a spinning duck carousel, all which play Johann Sebastian Bach's "Menuet from the Anna Magdalena Notebook (BWV Anh. 116.)."

Jayakwadi Dam

Notable amongst migratory birds are Cranes, Flamingos, Pintails, Wigeon, Shoveller, Brahmany Duck, Pochards, Teals, God Wit, Shauces, Glossy Ibis, etc.

Jeff Bergman

Eventually, after almost 20 years, he returned as the voice of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Foghorn Leghorn, Sylvester the Cat, Pepé Le Pew, and Tweety in 2011’s The Looney Tunes Show.

Jessie Lake

The lake hosts thousands of ducks, Canada geese, American Coots, blackbirds and other bird species throughout the period from April through October.

Lake Sylvester System

Some 2262 km2 of the lake system and its surrounds has been identified as a by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area (IBA) because it has supported breeding colonies of the Letter-winged Kites and over 1% of the world populations of Plumed Whistling-Ducks, Grey Teals, Hardheads, Little Black Cormorants, Australian Pelicans, Straw-necked Ibises, Eurasian Coots, Oriental Plovers, Gull-billed Terns and Flock Bronzewings.

Mallard Fillmore

The strip follows the exploits of its title character, an anthropomorphic green-plumaged duck who works as a politically conservative reporter at fictional television station WFDR in Washington, D.C. Mallard's name is a pun on the name of the 13th president of the United States, Millard Fillmore.

Meat pie

Beef, lamb, and duck were employed, but a majority of the time it was the magpie that was the main ingredient.

Nick Compton

Compton made his England debut opening the batting with captain Alastair Cook in their first tour match against India A, but made a third ball duck in England's only innings.

Papango

New Zealand Scaup, a diving duck, known in the Maori language as the Papango

Petrel

However, recent research and fossil finds such as Vegavis show that the Galliformes (Pheasants, Grouse and relatives), and Anseriformes (ducks, geese) are still not fully resolved.

Pilling's Pond

Pilling mentored Dye, and Dye went on to establish his own duck reserve near Lake Stevens, Washington, known as Northwest Waterfowl Farm.

R. Jothimuni

In the two innings in which he batted, he scored a duck and four runs, after a pair of former Sri Lankan international players, Dulip Samaraweera and Chaminda Mendis, put on 373 runs for the only wicket that fell in the first innings of the match.

Roderick Stephens

He received the Medal of Freedom, the United States's highest civilian award, for his contributions during World War II in his design and engineering of the DUKW ("duck") military amphibious vehicle.

Sai Wing Mock

Mock Duck took advantage of the reform crusade started by Charles Parkhurst.

Spiv

A typical spiv has been described as having: A duck's arse haircut, Clark Gable moustache, rakish trilby hat, drape-shape jacket,, and loud garish tie ... which all represented a deliberate snook cocked at wartime austerity.

St. Clairsville, Ohio

It began in 1977 and has featured artists such as Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Rascal Flatts, Kenny Chesney, Brooks & Dunn, Reba McEntire, Sum 41, Alan Jackson and the Charlie Daniels Band.

Thaddeus H. Caraway

He supported American entrance into the League of Nations, bonuses for World War I veterans, as well as the Eighteenth (Prohibition), Nineteenth (Women's Suffrage), and Twentieth (Lame Duck) amendments.

The Dream Syndicate

Duck suggested the name "The Dream Syndicate" in reference to Tony Conrad's early 1960s New York experimental ensemble (better known as the Theater of Eternal Music), whose members included John Cale.

The Duck Factory

The last original episode of The Duck Factory was broadcast on July 11, 1984.

Other Duck Factory employees seen regularly on the show were man-of-a-thousand-cartoon voices Wally Wooster (played by real-life cartoon voice artist Don Messick); comedy writer Marty Fenneman (played by real-life comedy writer Jay Tarses); artists Brooks Carmichael and Roland Culp, editor Andrea Lewin, and business manager Aggie Aylesworth.

The Oregon Duck

The Oregon Duck (also known as the Fighting Duck, Puddles, or simply The Duck) is the mascot of the University of Oregon Ducks athletic program, based on Disney's Donald Duck character through a special license agreement.

Tight Rope

Tight Rope is the sixth studio album by country duo Brooks & Dunn, released in 1999 on Arista Nashville.

Two Little Dickie Birds

On the 1975 album Minstrel in the Gallery by Jethro Tull song One White Duck / 010 = Nothing At All, makes a reference to the nursery rhyme: "So fly away Peter, and fly away Paul, from the fingertip ledge of contentment".

Valentin Gregor

His performances included Cirque du Soleil, Deutsche Schauspielhaus, Hamburg, Maxim-Gorki-Theater, Berlin, Deutsche Theater, Berlin, Deutsche Schauspielhaus, Hanover and Hans-Peter Wodarz’s Dinnershow Pomp Duck and Circumstance.

Wendy Rae Fowler

Eagles of Death Metal - Death by Sexy (2006) "I Like to Move in the Night", "The Ballad of Queen Bee and Baby Duck", and "Poor Doggie"