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Fifty pence (British coin)

The fifty pence (50p) is a British coin introduced in October 1969 to replace the ten-shilling note. Known as the world's first seven-sided equilateral curve heptagon coin, it was resized in 1997 and has carried over 100 designs including Kew Gardens.

Fifty Shades (film series)

Fifty Shades is the Universal Pictures erotic romantic drama trilogy (2015-2018) adapted from E. L. James's novels, starring Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan, grossing about $1.32 billion worldwide despite negative reviews.

Fifty Shades (novel series)

Fifty Shades trilogy by E L James (Erika Leonard), erotic romance begun as Twilight fan fiction under Snowqueens Icedragon; published 2011–2012, over 150 million copies sold, three Christian Grey retellings and a billion-dollar film franchise.

Fifty Shades Darker

Fifty Shades Darker is E L James's 2012 second novel in the Fifty Shades trilogy (also the 2017 James Foley film and the Christian-POV retelling Darker). Vintage, 538 pages; Ana and Christian reconcile in Seattle.

Fifty Shades Darker (film)

Fifty Shades Darker is a 2017 American erotic romantic drama directed by James Foley, with Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan returning as Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey.

Fifty Shades Darker: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Fifty Shades Darker: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Republic Records, 10 February 2017, 19-track companion album to the film; lead single "I Don't Wanna Live Forever" by Zayn and Taylor Swift; debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.

Fifty Shades Freed

Fifty Shades Freed is the 2012 third novel of E L James's Fifty Shades trilogy, following Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey into marriage; adapted into a 2018 James Foley film and retold from Christian's viewpoint in Freed (2021).

Fifty Shades Freed (film)

Fifty Shades Freed is a 2018 American erotic romantic drama directed by James Foley, the third and final film in the Fifty Shades trilogy, starring Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan.

Fifty Shades of Black

Fifty Shades of Black (2016) is an American parody comedy spoofing Fifty Shades of Grey, directed by Michael Tiddes and written, produced by, and starring Marlon Wayans with Kali Hawk. Released by Open Road on January 29, 2016, it grossed $22.1 million on a sub-$5 million budget and scored 4% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Fifty Shades of Grey

Fifty Shades of Grey is a 2011 erotic romance by E. L. James, begun as the Twilight fan fiction Master of the Universe; its trilogy of Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey sold over 165 million copies and spawned a three-film franchise.

Fifty Shades of Grey (film)

Fifty Shades of Grey (2015) is Sam Taylor-Johnson's film adaptation of E.L. James's erotic novel, starring Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan. It grossed $569.7M worldwide but scored 25% on Rotten Tomatoes and won five Razzies.

Fifty six

Fifty six (56, Ambathiyaaru, അൻപത്താർ) is a Kerala partnership trick-taking card game of the Jass family, played with 48 cards from two packs; Jacks and Nines rank highest and the pack holds 56 card points.

Fifty-One

Fifty-One is the fourth episode of Breaking Bad season 5, aired on AMC August 5, 2012. Directed by Rian Johnson and written by Sam Catlin, it marks Walt's 51st birthday one year after the pilot, with Skyler's pool scene and the Lydia methylamine GPS plot.

Fig

Fig (Ficus carica), the common fig of the mulberry family, an edible syconium fruit. Four types (Caprifig, Smyrna, San Pedro, Common); common types are parthenocarpic, needing no fig wasp pollination; Turkey leads production.

Fig Collection

Fig Collection (榕树园) is a 1996 fig garden at Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, CAS, Yunnan, China, holding about 150 Ficus species and serving as a base for fig–fig wasp research; distinct from RHS, USDA, and Fairchild fig collections.

Fig cultivars

Fig cultivars are named, propagated selections of Ficus carica, divided by pollination need into caprifig, Smyrna, San Pedro, and common types, with Condit recording 720 varieties in 1955.

Fig sign

Fig sign: hand gesture with thumb between index and middle fingers, also called mano fico, figa, higa, kukish. Ancient obscene insult in southern Europe, refusal sign in Slavic cultures, and protective amulet (figa) in Portugal and Brazil.

Fig wasp

A fig wasp is a minute chalcid wasp of the family Agaonidae whose females pollinate fig flowers from inside the fig, where their young develop.

FIGARO-DKD trial

FIGARO-DKD (NCT02545049), a phase III Bayer-funded trial of finerenone in 7,437 patients with type 2 diabetes and CKD, showed a 13% cardiovascular composite reduction (HR 0.87) and fed the FIDELITY pooled analysis.

Figeater beetle

Figeater beetle (Cotinis mutabilis), also called green fruit beetle or western green June beetle, a large metallic green scarab of the southwestern US and Mexico whose adults feed on ripe fruit and whose grubs live in compost.

Fight Back to School (逃学威龙)

Fight Back to School (逃學威龍) is a 1991 Hong Kong action comedy directed by Gordon Chan, starring Stephen Chow as an undercover SDU cop posing as a student; it broke Hong Kong's box-office record with HK$43,829,449 and spawned two sequels.

Fight Back to School II (逃学威龙2)

Fight Back to School II (逃学威龙2) is a 1992 Hong Kong action comedy film directed by Gordon Chan, starring Stephen Chow as undercover policeman Chow Sing Sing.

Fight Club

Fight Club (1999), David Fincher's adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's novel, stars Edward Norton, Brad Pitt, and Helena Bonham Carter; an underground fight club becomes Project Mayhem, flopping at the box office before becoming a cult classic.

Fight Club (2023 film)

Fight Club (பயிட் கிளப்) is a 2023 Indian Tamil-language action thriller directed by Abbas A Rahmath in his debut, starring Vijay Kumar and produced by Aditya.

Fight Club (novel)

Fight Club, Chuck Palahniuk's 1996 debut novel published by W. W. Norton, follows an insomniac narrator and his alter ego Tyler Durden; its Project Mayhem cult, unreliable-narrator twist, 1999 Fincher film, and Fight Club 2 comic sequel distinguish it.

Fight Club (U.S. Senate)

Senate "Fight Club" is an informal coalition of eight left-leaning Democratic senators, including Sanders and Warren, formed after the November 2025 shutdown to pressure Minority Leader Chuck Schumer into harder opposition to Trump and populist 2026 endorsements.

Fight for My Way (쌈 마이웨이)

Fight for My Way (쌈, 마이웨이; also Ssam, My Way) is a 2017 KBS2 16-episode Korean coming-of-age rom-com by Im Sang-choon starring Park Seo-jun and Kim Ji-won, ending at a record 13.8% Nielsen rating.

Fight Night Champion

Fight Night Champion is EA Sports' 2011 boxing game for Xbox 360 and PS3, the last Fight Night title, known for its Mature-rated Andre Bishop story mode, Full Spectrum Punch Control, and Metascore 86.

Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist

Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist is a 2024 Peacock eight-episode limited series by Shaye Ogbonna, based on the 2020 iHeart podcast, dramatizing the real $1 million armed robbery at Muhammad Ali's 1970 Atlanta comeback-fight afterparty, starring Kevin Hart, Samuel L. Jackson, Don Cheadle, Taraji P. Henson, and Terrence Howard.

Fight of the Century

Fight of the Century: Joe Frazier vs Muhammad Ali I, March 8, 1971, Madison Square Garden; first title fight between two undefeated heavyweights; Frazier won a 15-round unanimous decision with a 15th-round knockdown; $2.5 million purses each.