Doan Courant

The semi-whenever newsletter for one of the many Doan Families.

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

More Fun Facts.

More from David Letterman:

BLUEBERRIES HAVE MORE ANTIOXIDANTS THAN ANY OTHER FRUIT OR VEGETABLE

DURING HIS LIFETIME, ARTIST VINCENT VAN GOGH SOLD ONLY ONE OF HIS PAINTINGS

GORILLAS CAN CATCH HUMAN COLDS

KIM JONG IL FIRST CAME TO THE ATTENTION OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC AS A CONTORTIONIST ON "THE GONG SHOW"

IN ADDITION TO THE LETTER "Z," ZORRO WAS ALSO VERY GOOD AT SLASHING THE NUMBER "2"

IN THE SUMMER, PROSTHETIC LIMBS ARE AVAILABLE IN RED TO SIMULATE SUNBURN

THE COMPLETION OF "STAR WARS" WAS DELAYED SEVERAL WEEKS WHEN THE ACTOR PLAYING CHEWBACCA DROPPED GUM IN HIS FUR

THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION IS STILL NOT SURE WHAT TO MAKE OF BOLOGNA

SINCE 2002, COMEDIAN JIMMY WALKER HAS BEEN STRIP-SEARCHED OVER 200 TIMES BY AIRPORT SECURITY LOOKING FOR DYN-O-MITE

THE IDEA FOR "KNIGHT RIDER" CAME ABOUT WHEN DAVID HASSELHOFF GOT DRUNK AND THOUGHT A CAR WAS TALKING TO HIM

TO SEE IF AN UMBRELLA IS IN YOUR WEEKEND FORECAST, LET'S GO TO CHET IN THE FOX 5 WEATHER CENTER

IN 2003, THE RECORDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA CAME VERY CLOSE TO ARRESTING OSAMA BIN LADEN FOR ILLEGAL MUSIC DOWNLOADING

THE BOOK OF LEVITICUS CONTAINS A RECIPE FOR BROCCOLI POLENTA

POPE BENEDICT HAS DECLARED MR. CLEAN MAGIC ERASER "THE WORK OF THE DEVIL"

THOMAS MANN WROTE "DEATH IN VENICE" AFTER BEING MURDERED WHILE VISITING ITALY

TO LIVEN UP THEIR PORTRAITS, COURTROOM SKETCH ARTISTS OFTEN ASK WITNESSES IF THEY HAVE ANY HOBBIES

IS YOUR MAN A STUD OR A DUD? FIND OUT IN OUR COSMO QUIZ ON PAGE 78

TELEVISION'S FIRST GAY KISS FEATURED RICKY RICARDO AND FRED MERTZ

THE AIR FROM THE SUBWAY GRATE THAT BLEW MARILYN MONROE'S SKIRT UP IN "THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH" ALSO BLEW OFF A CAMERAMAN'S HAIRPIECE

PHIL DONAHUE IS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT HIS SHOW HAS BEEN ON HIATUS WAITING FOR NEW CARPETING

IN SWITZERLAND, SWISS CHEESE IS CALLED "CHEESE"

AN "EXTREME GULP" AT 7-ELEVEN HOLDS 9 GALLONS OF SODA

THOMAS EDISON GOT THE IDEA FOR THE THREE-WAY LIGHT BULB AFTER HAVING SEX WITH HIS WIFE AND ANOTHER WOMAN

THE FCC RECENTLY FINED MARTHA STEWART $10,000 FOR SAYING THE WORD "NUTMEAT"

HERBERT HOOVER'S LAST WORDS WERE, "I'M NOT DEAD! DON'T CLOSE THE COF…"

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