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Stun grenade
A stun grenade, also called a flashbang, is an explosive device emitting a loud noise and blinding flash to disorient people, used by military and police tactical units.
Stunner
Stunner is the stage name of Desmond Chideme, a Zimbabwean rapper and pioneer of the urban grooves movement, known for the 2006 hit "Rudo Rwemari".
Stunning and Brave
Stunning and Brave is the South Park season 19 premiere (S19E1), aired September 16, 2015 on Comedy Central, written and directed by Trey Parker. It introduces PC Principal, satirizes political correctness and Caitlyn Jenner coverage, and opens the show's first serialized season.
Stunt performer
Stunt performer: a trained professional executing dangerous filmed actions such as falls, fights, crashes, fires, and wire work for actors. Also called stuntman or stuntwoman; doubles match a star's look, coordinators plan stunts, and the field dates to 1903.
Stunted growth
Stunted growth, also called growth retardation or child stunting, is impaired growth in children from chronic undernutrition and repeated infection; in 2024 an estimated 150.2 million children under 5 were stunted.
Stuntin' Like My Daddy (Euphoria)
"Stuntin' Like My Daddy" is Euphoria season 1, episode 2, aired June 23, 2019 on HBO, written and directed by Sam Levinson. Titled after the Birdman and Lil Wayne song, it covers Nate Jacobs's backstory, Rue's relapse, and Kat's viral video.
Stuntman (series)
Stuntman series: driving games where players perform scripted movie stunts. Stuntman (2002, Reflections, PS2), Stuntman: Ignition (2007, Paradigm, THQ), and Saber Interactive's licensed-film revival Stuntman: Hollywood (2027).
Stuntnuts: The Movie
Stuntnuts: The Movie (formerly The Stuntman, Project X) is a completed but unreleased action film directed by Damien Walters and produced by Matthew Vaughn's Marv, the third Kick-Ass-universe film, starring stunt performers with Chris Hemsworth and Sam Rockwell as themselves.
Stupa
A stupa, also known as a chorten or dagoba, is a dome-shaped Buddhist monument built to hold relics of the Buddha or his teachings, spreading from India across Asia.
Stupa Mound
Stupa Mound at Ramnagar (Aonla), Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, is the chief Buddhist stupa of ancient Ahichchhatra, Panchala capital; locally called Chhatr, 30 feet exposed diameter, 40 feet high, ASI-protected.
Stupa of the Fifth Dalai Lama
The stupa of the Fifth Dalai Lama is the gilded reliquary stupa in Lhasa's Potala Palace holding the remains of Ngawang Lobzang Gyatso, who died in 1682.
Stupid Girls
"Stupid Girls" is Pink's 2006 lead single from I'm Not Dead, a satirical critique of young-Hollywood celebrity culture. Its video parodies Lindsay Lohan, Jessica Simpson, Britney Spears and Paris Hilton, sparked feminist controversy, and drew an eating-disorder professionals' endorsement.
Stupid Love (Lady Gaga song)
Stupid Love is a 2020 dance-pop song by Lady Gaga, released February 28, 2020 as the lead single from Chromatica; produced by BloodPop, Burns, and Tchami with Max Martin, it leaked in January 2020 and peaked at number 5 in the UK.
Stupid Song
"Stupid Song" is a 2026 song by Olivia Rodrigo, written with Daniel Nigro and released on Geffen Records, which peaked at number 2 in the UK.
Stupidity
Stupidity is a behavioral label for unreasonable, counterproductive acts, distinct from ignorance, irrationality, and low IQ. The article covers its conceptual history, cognitive-bias research, bounded rationality, and organizational stupidity.
Štúr generation
The Štúr generation (Slovak: Štúrovci) was a group of Slovak Romantic writers of the 1830s and 1840s, led by Ľudovít Štúr, who codified the modern Slovak literary language.
Stura Vallis
Stura Vallis is a 75 km valley on Mars at 22.71°N, 142.47°E, approved by the IAU in 1985 and named after a classical river east of Rome, Italy.
Sture Bergwall
Sture Bergwall, alias Thomas Quick, the Swede who confessed to over thirty murders, was convicted of eight (1994–2001), recanted in 2008, and was acquitted of all eight in 2013; the Bergwall Commission found systemic flaws.
Sture oil terminal
The Sture oil terminal (Stureterminalen) is an Equinor-operated petroleum terminal in Øygarden, Norway, northwest of Bergen, which opened in 1988 and exports Oseberg Blend and Grane Blend crude oil.
Sture Sivertsen
Sture Sivertsen (born 1966, Levanger), Norwegian cross-country skier from Verdal, club Leirådal IL. Classical specialist; 1993 Falun 10 km world champion, four world relay golds, 1998 Nagano Olympic relay gold, 1994 Lillehammer 50 km bronze and relay silver; later a farmer.
Sture Stork
Sture Stork (1930–2002), Swedish Olympic sailor, KSSS Stockholm. Won 5.5 Metre class gold at Melbourne 1956 on Rush V and silver at Tokyo 1964 on Rush VII, crewing for helmsman Lars Thörn; engineer at Atlas Copco.
Sturer Emil
Sturer Emil was the nickname of the 12.8 cm Selbstfahrlafette L/61, a German experimental heavy tank destroyer of World War II of which two prototypes fought on the Eastern Front.
Sturge–Weber syndrome
Sturge–Weber syndrome, also called encephalotrigeminal angiomatosis, is a rare congenital neurocutaneous disorder featuring a facial port-wine birthmark, leptomeningeal angioma, and glaucoma, caused by a GNAQ mutation.
Sturgeon
Sturgeon (Acipenseridae, order Acipenseriformes) are ancient bony-plated fish prized for caviar. All 26 remaining species are threatened per IUCN 2022; CITES-listed since 1997; farmed caviar now dominates.
Sturgeon Refinery
The Sturgeon Refinery is a bitumen refinery in Sturgeon County, Alberta, northeast of Edmonton, the first built in Canada since the 1980s, producing diesel from 2017.
Sturgeon-class submarine
The Sturgeon class was a class of 37 United States Navy nuclear-powered attack submarines, built between 1963 and 1975 as a quieter refinement of the Thresher/Permit class for Cold War anti-submarine warfare.
Sturgeon's law
Sturgeon's law, also called Sturgeon's Revelation, is Theodore Sturgeon's 1950s aphorism that ninety percent of everything is crud, coined in defense of science fiction; his original 'Law' was 'Nothing is always absolutely so'.
Sturges's rule
Sturges's rule is a formula, k = 1 + log2(n), for choosing the number of histogram bins from sample size alone, published by Herbert Sturges in 1926.
Sturgill Simpson
Sturgill Simpson, also known as Johnny Blue Skies, is an American country singer-songwriter born 1978 in Jackson, Kentucky, known for Metamodern Sounds in Country Music, the Grammy-winning A Sailor's Guide to Earth, and his 2024 pseudonymous reinvention.
Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, first held in 1938 as the Black Hills Classic, is an annual ten-day motorcycle gathering in Sturgis, South Dakota, drawing hundreds of thousands of visitors.