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  2. Hide the Pain Harold - Wikipedia

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    Hide the Pain Harold. Hide the Pain Harold is an Internet meme based on a series of stock photos of András István Arató[1] (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈɒndraːʃ ˈiʃtvaːn ˈɒrɒtoː]; born 11 July 1945), a Hungarian retired electrical engineer [2] and model. In 2011, he became the subject of the meme due to his overall facial expression ...

  3. Buridan's ass - Wikipedia

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    Buridan's ass is an illustration of a paradox in philosophy in the conception of free will. It refers to a hypothetical situation wherein an ass (donkey) that is equally hungry and thirsty is placed precisely midway between a stack of hay and a pail of water. Since the paradox assumes the donkey will always go to whichever is closer, it dies of ...

  4. Donkey (Shrek) - Wikipedia

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    Donkey is an anthropomorphic donkey and his appearance is modeled after a miniature donkey named Perry. [1] He is depicted with grey fur, brown eyes, and a black mane. In the franchise, he is the sidekick and best friend of Shrek , husband to Dragon , and father to a litter of Dronkeys (Dragon-Donkeys).

  5. List of humorous units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Parsecs are used in astronomy to measure interstellar distances. A parsec is approximately 3.26 light-years or about 3.086×10 16 m (1.917×10 13 mi). Combining it with the "atto-" prefix (×10 −18) yields attoparsec (apc), a conveniently human-scaled unit of about 3.086 centimetres (1.215 in) that is used only humorously.

  6. Cultural references to donkeys - Wikipedia

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    Jesus rode on a donkey in his triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Due to its widespread domestication and use, the donkey is referred to in myth and folklore around the world. In classical and ancient cultures, donkeys had a part. The donkey was the symbol of the Egyptian sun god Ra. [1] In Greek myth, Silenus is pictured in Classical Antiquity and ...

  7. List of emoticons - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of emoticons or textual portrayals of a writer's moods or facial expressions in the form of icons. Originally, these icons consisted of ASCII art, and later, Shift JIS art and Unicode art. In recent times, graphical icons, both static and animated, have joined the traditional text-based emoticons; these are commonly known as ...

  8. Shrek (character) - Wikipedia

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    Shrek is a fictional ogre character created by American author William Steig. Shrek is the protagonist of the book of the same name, a series of films by DreamWorks Animation, as well as a musical. The name "Shrek" is a romanization of the Yiddish word שרעק (shrek), or שרעקלעך (shreklekh), related to the German Schreck and meaning ...

  9. Donkey - Wikipedia

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    An adult male donkey is a jack or jackass, an adult female is a jenny or jennet, [4][5][6] and an immature donkey of either sex is a foal. [6] Jacks are often mated with female horses (mares) to produce mules; the less common hybrid of a male horse (stallion) and jenny is a hinny.