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unusual facts about Ding-a-dong


Ding-a-dong

On the night of the Dutch National Song Contest, the song had already been selected to be performed at the ESC, but there were two other singers competing for the honor of performing the song: Albert West and Debbie.


71: Into the Fire

For 11 hours, they defended P'ohang-dong girls' middle school, a strategic point for safeguarding the Nakdong River, from an attack by overwhelming North Korean forces, the 766th Unit.

A Season of Good Rain

Timely like the spring rain, so has he come back into my life... Dong-ha is a thirty-something Korean man on a business trip to Chengdu, China where his company is carrying out construction projects to rebuild the city after the earthquake of 2008.

Alter és Kiss

The brand was revived in 2009 by its new creators, Central St. Martins graduates Gabor Fabricius and Mei Mei Ding, with the support of the Alter family.

American Knees

A film adaptation, entitled Americanese (2006), was written and directed by Eric Byler, produced by Lisa Onodera, and stars Chris Tashima as Raymond Ding, Allison Sie as Aurora Crane and Joan Chen as Betty Nguyen.

Asphalt Man

His younger brother Dong-seok (Jung Woo-sung) hates their father, and leaves the country to become a car racer in the United States.

Ban Pong

Ban Pong, tambon of Hang Dong District, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand

Brad Newman

The winner was a number entitled "Ring-a-ding Girl" by Ronnie Carroll.

Bundang-gu

Bundang is home to many Koreans who lived overseas and the European-styled cafe streets serving brunch and pastas in Pangyo Avenue France, Baekhyeon-dong and Jeongja-dong reflect their culture.

Captiva, Florida

Noted world-famous guests to Captiva include Teddy Roosevelt, Charles Lindbergh (who regularly landed his plane on the beach in front of 'Tween Waters Inn), Anne Morrow Lindbergh and J.N. "Ding" Darling.

Cho Sung-min

On January 6, 2013, Cho's body was discovered by his girlfriend, hanged in the bathroom of her apartment in Dogok-dong, southern Seoul, at around 5:26 a.m.

Cyndee San Luis

She has also appeared in Dave Coulier's Can't Get Arrested Web Series Episode 2: "Saved by the Bell - Ding!" with Dave Coulier, Dennis Haskins and Kato Kaelin.

Didier Ibrahim N'Dong

Born in Lambaréné, Gabon, Didier Ibrahim moved to Tunisia, where he made his professional debut playing for CS Sfaxien during the 2011–12 CLP-1 season.

Ding Dexing

Ding Dexing was a Muslim Hui general of the Ming dynasty in service of the Hongwu Emperor.

Dong people

Best Weather Day - Jiang Yingfang, the "Robin Hood" of the Dong people who led a rebellion in the 1800s, is celebrated on this day.

Dong Zhuo

After his subordinates, Hua Xiong, Hu Zhen, and Lu Bu, were defeated by Sun Jian at Yangren, Dong Zhuo sent an eloquent Li Jue to propose a marriage between Sun's son and Dong's daughter, the lobbyist promised Sun Jian that the country could be split between the two families.

Donghua Li

Donghua Li (Chinese: 李东华, Pinyin: Lǐ Dōng Huá, born December 10, 1967 in Chengdu, China) is a Swiss gymnast from China.

Dugu Sun

Zhu agreed, and initially a large number of them were demoted and exiled—in Dugu's case, to be the prefect of Di Prefecture (棣州, in modern Binzhou, Shandong), and then to be the census officer of Qiong Prefecture (瓊州, in modern Ding'an, Hainan).

Đông Sơn drums

It is classified into the bigger and heavier Yue drums including the Dong Son drums, and the Dian drums, into 8 subtypes, purported to be invented by Ma Yuan and Zhuge Liang.

Gongyang Zhuan

Later, Dong Zhongshu authored Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals, Interactions Between Heaven and Mankind and Strange Calamities of Yin and Yang, in which he popularized his mysticism interpretation of Gongyang Zhuan.

Hwasong-5

This process was accompanied by the construction of a missile-building infrastructure, of which the main elements were the 125 factory at Pyongyang, a research and development institute at Sanum-dong and the Musudan-ri Launch Facility.

Insa-dong

Among the historically significant buildings located in the area are Unhyeongung mansion, Jogyesa - one of the most significant Korean Buddhist temples, and one of Korea's oldest Presbyterian churches.

Jenjarom

Jenjarom has a significant Chinese (Hokkien) population, and the village is the site of the Dong Zen Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Temple and Institute in Sungai Jarom.

Jeong Da-bin

On February 10, 2007, Jeong was found hanged with a bath towel in the bathroom of her boyfriend's house in Samseong-dong, Gangnam District, southern Seoul.

John Ingoldsby

A native of Toronto, Ontario, Ingoldsby (aka 'Ding' and 'Jack') played the position of right wing for teams in the NHL, AHL, OHA-B, TIHL, TNDHL, OHA-SR, IHL, EHL, Al-Cup, and the EAL hockey leagues.

Jokbal

The area of Seoul Subway Line 3 Dongguk University Station are Jangchung-dong in Seoul, South Korea is known for its numerous jokbal restaurants.

Kam–Sui languages

Nearly all speakers of Kam–Sui languages originate in the Qiandongnan (Dong) and Qiannan (Sui, Then, Mak, Ai-Cham) Prefectures of Guizhou, as well as the prefecture-level cities of Hechi (Mulam and Maonan) and Guilin (Chadong) in northern Guangxi.

Kim Dong-Sung

" Kim Dong-Sung revealed on an episode(June 6, 2012)of the South Korean TV talk show Golden Fishery that he never said such things to Apolo Anton Ohno.

King You of Chu

In the 1930s his tomb at Shou County, Anhui Province was destroyed by warlords, and many artifacts were dispersed, but a great bronze cauldron or ding called 楚大鼎 was preserved and is on display in Anhui Museum.

Kumho

Geumho Station, Seoul Metro station in Geumho-dong, Seungdong-gu, Seoul, South Korea

Lee Tae-Ho

Currently, he is managing Dong-eui University in Busan and Chinese Taipei national team.

Long Ding

In May 2012, Ding was invited to a tryout at rookie mini-camp for the Jacksonville Jaguars, along with twenty-six others.

Long Dong Silver

He received new fame in the wake of allegations of sexual harassment during the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings in the U.S. Senate in 1991, as Anita Hill alleged that Thomas had mentioned to her that he was a viewer of Long Dong Silver's films.

Myeong-dong

Major insurance, securities, financial services companies, and investment firms with headquarters in Myeongdong include Citibank, SK Corporation, Kookmin Bank, Korea Exchange Bank, Lone Star Funds, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, AIG Korea Insurance, Hana Bank, and HSBC.

Myeongil-dong

Currently, Myeongil-dong is well known for the location of Myungsung Presbyterian Church, E-mart Myeongil branch, Home plus Gangdong branch and neighborhood of Hanyoung Foreign Language High School.

Notsensibles

In 2013, after Baroness Thatcher's death, "I'm in Love with Margaret Thatcher" received additional publicity when there was an online campaign to boost the record's re-entry into the charts as a download, to counter the promotion of the song "Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead" by anti-Thatcher activists.

One Crazy Ride

The bikers chronicle their attempt to travel from Tawang in west Arunachal to Dong in the east without entering the state of Assam.

Ruth Duccini

When Margaret Thatcher died, those who had disliked the former British Prime Minister for so many years tried to propel "Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead" on the radio charts to celebrate her death.

Sejong University

Yu Ha, film director, screenwriter and poet, English major; was nominated for Korea's premier film awards for directing/screenwriting several times; his film credits include: "A Day of Poet Goobo" (1990), "We Must Go to Apgujeong-dong on Windy Days" (1993), "Marriage Is a Crazy Thing" (2002), "Once Upon a Time in High School" (2004), "A Dirty Carnival" (2006), "A Frozen Flower" (2008) and "Howling." (2011; TBA)

Signal passed at danger

The DRA is an inhibiting switch designed specifically to prevent 'Starting Away SPADs' by passenger trains.

Ding-ding, and away, British slang for permission to proceed wrongly being given

Silmido

On 1968, January 21, North Korea’s guerrillas infiltrated the border and reached till Segumjunggogae (Sinyeong-dong, Jongno-gu) of Seoul to attack the Blue House to assassinate the President Park Chung-hee.

Sinchon-dong

Sinchon is also one of the major entertainment districts with bars, karaoke rooms, PC-rooms, DVD rooms, Korean billiards halls and restaurants lining the streets covered in neon lights at night.

Sohn Kee-chung

When the Dong-a Ilbo, published a photograph of Sohn at the medal ceremony it altered the image to remove the Japanese flag from his running tunic.

That Happy Feeling

The song was composed by Ghanaian musician Guy Warren in 1956 under the original title "An African's Prayer (Eyi Wala Dong)".

The Berlin File

Confronting the possibility of a double agent within Berlin's North Korean embassy where his wife Ryun Jung-hee (Jeon Ji-hyun) is a translator, Pyo discovers that Pyongyang security authorities have dispatched ruthless fixer Dong Myung-soo (Ryoo Seung-bum) to sort out potentially conflicting loyalties at the consulate.

Tong Li Publishing

(Chinese: 東立出版社, Hanyu Pinyin: Dōng Lì Chūbǎnshè), most known as Tong Li Comics, is a publishing company which distributes a variety of domestic and imported comics in Taiwan.

Yi Chong-jun

Secret Sunshine, directed by Lee Chang-dong (2007), was using the plot provided by the short story A Story of a Worm.


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