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10 unusual facts about Bon


Baro River

Vittorio Bottego, who explored the area in the later 1890s, proposed naming the river after Admiral Simone Antonio Saint-Bon.

Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Moncey

The title was later confirmed under the Restauration, and, since he had no son, the Marshall was granted permission to pass it to his son-in-law (with his newly granted title of Baron of Conegliano and Peer of France).

Bon-Albert Briois de Beaumetz

In the subsequent National Constituent Assembly, Beaumetz sat on the right side with conservatives such as the comte de Clermont-Tonnerre, yet is moderate in his conservatism.

Bon-Bon

The phrase "Bonbon" stems from the French word "bon", literally meaning "good", and is often used to describe sweet eatables.

Bon-gwan

Different family names sharing the same bon-gwan sometimes trace their origin to a common paternal ancestor, e.g. the Gimhae Kim clan and the Gimhae Heo clan share Suro of Geumgwan Gaya as their common paternal ancestor, though such case is exceptional.

Bon-Joseph Dacier

Bon Joseph Dacier (Valognes, 1 April 1742 – Paris, 4 February 1833) was a French historian, philologist and translator from ancient Greek.

Journals edited by Bon Joseph Dacier included the Journal des sçavans, and he also wrote on the history of the Order of Saint Lazarus (of which he was a member).

Castillon-sur-Agen

Castillion-sur-Agen was a medieval castle in the commune of Bon-Encontre, near Agen in Aquitaine, France.

Russula nigricans

It is placed in the Compactae group, subsection Nigricantinae by Bon.

Tondemo-bon

Recently the word has gained another meaning thanks to the activity of Togakkai (the Academy of Tondemo books) which annually award Nihon Tondemo-bon Taisho (Japan Tondemo Book Award), which is a sort of combination of the Golden Raspberry Award, Ig Nobel Prize and James Randi Foundation.


Amanda Marshall

Another single from that album, "Believe In You", was featured on one episode of Touched by an Angel and on its soundtrack, while Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi was the guest guitarist on the track "Why Don't You Love Me".

American Fairy Tales

Baum adapted "The Box of Robbers" and "The Magic Bon Bons" as chapters 1 and 3 of his lost film series, Violet's Dreams, both with Violet MacMillan in the role of child protagonist.

Armand de Kersaint

He adopted the new ideas, and in a pamphlet entitled Le Bon Sens (a title inspired by Thomas Paine's Common Sense) attacked traditional privileges; he also submitted to the National Constituent Assembly a scheme for the reorganization of the navy, but it was not accepted.

Bang a Drum

It was featured on Jon Bon Jovi's Blaze of Glory album, which was songs from and inspired by the 1990 film sequel Young Guns II.

Bartolomeo Bon

Bartolomeo Bon (also spelled Buon; died after 1464) was an Italian sculptor and architect from Campione d'Italia.

Bhakti Hridaya Bon Swami

In 1942, after the disappearance of his Guru, Srila Sarasvati Prabhupada, Swami Bon voted for Swami Bhakti Vilas Tirtha to be the next Acharya of the Gaudiya Math.

Bomb It

Artists featured include Klone, KnowHope, GreatBates, Zero Cents, Foma <3, INSPIRE 1, Darbotz, Killer Gerbil, Bon, Alex Face, Sloke, Husk Mit Navn, Ash, Phibs, Stormie Mills, Beejoir and many more.

Bon Ami

In the film comedy "The Ghost and Mr. Chicken", whenever people are discussing a particularly gory murder at an old mansion, Bon Ami's cleaning effectiveness is given quite the testimonial.

Bon Bon Reserve

Threatened animal species either known or thought likely to be present on Bon Bon include Plains-wanderer, Major Mitchell's Cockatoo, Chestnut-breasted Whiteface, Thick-billed Grasswren and Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat.

Bon Courage

Bon Courage was a German educational television series produced by Bayerischer Rundfunk, teaching French as a foreign or second language to German viewers.

Bon Secour, Alabama

The name "Bon Secour" derives from the French phrase meaning "safe harbor" due to the secluded location on the inside coast of the Fort Morgan peninsula of southern Alabama.

Bon Secours Charity Health System

The Bon Secours Charity Health System, part of the Bon Secours Health System, was established from a partnership between the Sisters of Bon Secours and the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth of Convent Station, New Jersey.

Brigitte Borghese

During the seventies she had roles in several films, her first being, a part in the adult feature Je prends la chose... du bon côté!, La bonzesse, Tout le monde il en a deux, her first time working with French director Jean Rollin, the fantasy horror Tendre Dracula, with Peter Cushing and Alida Valli, ...et mourir de désir, Les petites saintes y touchent, Les bijoux de famille, Le commando des chauds lapins, and L'hippopotamours.

Bureau Central de Renseignements et d'Action

According to Colonel Louis Rivet, head of the Deuxième Bureau since 1936, shortly following the defeat of France in June 1940, he, Captain Paul Paillole, and various members of the counter-intelligence service met at the Seminary of Bon-Encontre near Agen.

Canton of Marseille-La Belle-de-Mai

It is composed of the part of the 3rd arrondissement of Marseille south of an imaginary line along boulevard Mirabeau, boulevard National until rue Hoche (which is excluded), rue Jean-Christofol, rue Belle-de-Mai, rue Loubon until rue Barsotti, rue Ricard, rue Bonhomme, rue Joseph-Cabasson, traverse Bon-Secours until the border with the 14th arrondissement.

Cate Le Bon

In 2011, Lex Records artist Boom Bip featured Le Bon's voice on the track "Do as I Do" on the Zig Zaj release.

Château de Chambonneau

In 1356, after the capture of Jean II de France (Jean le bon) during the Battle of Poitiers, the English were looking for shelter for the night, to avoid a surprise attack.

Dead Fish

Lynch (Gary Oldman), an emotionless bon-vivant hitman, stops a thief who stole a cell phone from Mimi (Elena Anaya) in a train station.

Duo de l'ouvreuse de l'Opéra-Comique et de l'employé du Bon Marché

The Duo de l’ouvreuse de l’Opéra Comique et l’employé du Bon Marché (Duet of the usherette from the Opéra-Comique and the employee of the Bon-Marché department store) is a comic vocal work by Emmanuel Chabrier for soprano and tenor, with piano accompaniment.

Église du Bon-Pasteur

The Église du Bon-Pasteur is located rue Neyret on the slopes of La Croix-Rousse, near the montée de la Grande Côte, in the 1st arrondissement of Lyon.

Gloria Lasso

Born as Rosa María Coscolin in Vilafranca del Penedès, Catalonia, she achieved a degree of fame and success in the 1950s and 1960s, with songs such as Amour, castagnettes et tango (1955), Etranger au paradis (1956, a French version of Stranger in paradise by Tony Bennett), Buenas noches mi amor (1957) and Bon voyage (1958).

Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording

Queen Ida for Queen Ida & the Bon Temps Zydeco Band on Tour

Heaven's Basement

They were invited to open for Bon Jovi on the Manchester show of their tour at the City of Manchester Stadium to an audience of around 50,000.

John Bassette

He hosted a cable TV show through Viacom in the mid-eighties under the name Jon Bon, and produced two music videos and a documentary on how to create videos on a tight budget.

L-Tido

L-tido has worked with numerous artists all over Africa, and has been on songs with Banky W, Wizkid and Ice-prince from Nigeria, Camp Mulla and Bon-Eye from Kenya, Sarkodie and D-Black from Ghana.

La Va Bon Train

The La Va Bon Train ("goes like blazes" in French) was a French automobile manufactured by Larroumet and Lagarde of Agen, Lot-et-Garonne between 1904 and 1914.

La voix du bon Dieu

La voix du bon Dieu (meaning The Good Lord's Voice) is a debut French studio album by French Canadian singer Celine Dion, released in Quebec, Canada on November 9, 1981.

Les Bergeronnes, Quebec

At the time of Admiral Bayfield hydrographic survey around 1830, all that remained was the cellar of the house with its stone fireplace, hence the reference to Cave Cove on the map while Bon-Désir was moved three miles further West.

Les Cousins Branchaud

2007 was a big year for Les Cousins Branchaud, as they produced their fourth album, Passer du bon temps, and were invited for the first time to play at the World Folk Festival in Drummondville.

Lothario

An allusion is made to Lothario in William Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom! when referring to Charles Bon, the proclaimed ladies-man and woman-seducer who is about to marry a woman while already being married.

Mug Museum

It was produced by Noah Georgeson and Josiah Steinbrick and was recorded in Los Angeles shortly after Le Bon relocated there from Wales.

Paul Laine

His demo also got the attention of Canadian VJ Terry David Mulligan, and Laine was promptly signed to a management deal with Bruce Allen Talent (Bryan Adams, Loverboy, Michael Buble', Martina McBride, etc.) and went into Little Mountain Studio to record with mega producer Bruce Fairbairn (Bon Jovi, Aerosmith, Poison, the Scorpions, AC/DC, etc.)

Peace Mala

It consists of 16 beads, forming a double rainbow, which represent Christianity, Buddhism, Sikhism, Islam, Judaism, Bahá'í, ISKCON, Zoroastrianism, Tribal and Native Religions, Jainism, Earth Religions, Taoism, Hinduism and Yungdrung Bön.

Pierrekin de la Coupele

His literary connexions and his floruit can be established by his song Je chant en aventure, directed at an unnamed Count of Soissons, usually identified with Jehan de Nesle, called le Bon et le Bègue, who was certainly familiar with the trouvères, for his brother and predecessor, Ralph, was one.

Polk Miller

Bon Air Elementary was the inspiration for a series of children's books, The Kids of the Polk Street School by Patricia Reilly Giff.

Ray Stark

While putting together the Broadway musical Funny Girl—the highly fictionalized account of the life of his mother-in-law, Fanny Brice—its producer David Merrick took Stark and his wife, Frances, to see an unknown singer perform at the Bon Soir in Greenwich Village.

The Max Headroom Show

Each episode was preceded by Max's intro which said "He's the toast of the town (lightly buttered). He's the non-fattening sugar substitute in your tea. He's a bon vivant, a gaucho amigo, a goomba, a mensch, and the fifth musketeer. He's the apple of your eye and aren't you glad he's here. Direct from a wax and shine at the carwash around the corner, it's the man of the hour, or at least for a good thirty minutes, Max Headroom."

The Over-Correction

He adds that Bon Jovi is standing in the mopped lobby near a Slippery When Wet safety sign.

Trevorite

It was first described for an occurrence in the Bon Accord Nickel Deposit, Bon Accord, Barberton, Mpumalanga, South Africa, in 1921 and was named for Major Tudor Gruffydd Trevor (1865–1958) who was a mining inspector in South Africa.

Tsangpa

In 1641 the leader of the Khoshut Mongols of the Kokonor region, Gushri Khan, set out from his home area and attacked the king of Beri in Kham (East Tibet), who was a practitioner of the Bön religion and persecuted Buddhist lamas.

Yasmin Le Bon

As a model, Le Bon has also represented Ann Taylor, Banana Republic, Bergdorf Goodman, Biotherm, Bloomingdale's, Bonwit Teller, Calvin Klein, Versace, Chanel, Christian Dior, Clairol, Escada, Filene's, Frasercard, Avon, and Gianfranco Ferré.