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Kiki Wong

... that heavy-metal guitarist Kiki Wong (pictured) played drums for Taylor Swift before joining the Smashing Pumpkins?
... that during the colonial period, the Dutch East Indies was the third-largest exporter of tea after the British Raj and Ceylon?
... that the director of Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds once described the film as "gaysploitation"?
... that Xu Xinfu adapted the fictional Chinese-American detective Charlie Chan for Chinese audiences?
... that large aircraft once operated on a regular basis from Griffin–Spalding County Airport despite it only having a 3,100-foot-long (940 m) runway?
... that Susanne Craig won the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting for her reporting on Donald Trump's taxes after receiving a copy of his tax records in her mailbox?
... that New York City's Hotel Marseilles, once a shelter for Holocaust survivors, later became affordable housing for the elderly?
... that Anatolii Brezvin helped establish a youth hockey championship in Ukraine, and sought to open 60 ice rinks?
... that the Union of Assyrians's mishandling of shoe-polishing stations led to violent conflicts in 1920s Moscow?