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Thoughts in the Library

Thoughts in the Library (Gondolatok a könyvtárban) is an 1844 philosophical poem by the Hungarian poet Mihály Vörösmarty, written for the opening of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences library.

Thousand Character Classic (千字文)

The Thousand Character Classic (千字文, Qiānzì wén), also known as the Thousand Character Text, is a Chinese poem of 1,000 unrepeated characters, used since the sixth century as a primer for teaching Chinese characters to children.

Thousand Foot Krutch

Thousand Foot Krutch (TFK), Canadian hard rock band formed 1995 in Peterborough, Ontario by Trevor McNevan, Joel Bruyere, and Steve Augustine; albums Set It Off through Exhale, independent since 2012.

Thousand Island dressing

Thousand Island dressing is a creamy American condiment of mayonnaise, ketchup, and pickles, named after the Thousand Islands region of the St. Lawrence River; competing origin stories credit Sophia LaLonde of Clayton, NY, chef Theo Rooms of Chicago's Blackstone Hotel, and Waldorf-Astoria maitre d' Oscar Tschirky.

Thousand Knives

Thousand Knives (千のナイフ) is a 1978 song and title track of Thousand Knives of Ryuichi Sakamoto, the Japanese composer's debut solo album on Nippon Columbia's Better Days label, known for its vocoder Mao poem opening, Roland MC-8 use, and later YMO and Thundercat versions.

Thousand Years For You (请君)

Thousand Years For You (请君, aka 请君赐轿) is a 2022 Chinese fantasy romance drama on iQIYI, 36 episodes, directed by Zheng Weiwen, starring Ren Jialun as general Lu Yan and Li Qin as bandit chief Yu Dengdeng; fastest 2022 iQIYI drama past heat 9000.

Thousand-Character Classic in Slender Gold Script

The Thousand-Character Classic in Slender Gold Script is a handscroll written by Emperor Huizong of Song in 1104, the standard reference for his Slender Gold calligraphy.

Thranduil

Thranduil, the Elvenking of The Hobbit, is Tolkien's Sindarin king of the Silvan Elves of the Woodland Realm in northern Mirkwood, son of Oropher and father of Legolas, later played by Lee Pace in Jackson's films.

Thrash (film)

Thrash is a 2026 Netflix shark disaster thriller, also titled Beneath the Storm and Shiver, directed by Tommy Wirkola with Phoebe Dynevor, Whitney Peak, and Djimon Hounsou; a Category 5 hurricane floods a South Carolina town and bull sharks move in.

Thrash metal

Thrash metal: fast, aggressive heavy metal subgenre fusing NWOBHM with hardcore punk, emerging 1981–1983 with Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax, Megadeth (the Big Four); defined by double kick drumming, palm-muted low riffs, shouted vocals; declined in the 1990s grunge era, revived in the 2000s.

Thrashcore

Thrashcore, also known as fastcore, is an extremely fast, aggressive offshoot of hardcore punk that emerged in the United States in the early to mid 1980s.

Thrasher (album)

Thrasher (stylized THRASHER) is Brandon Flowers' third solo album and first country record, released August 21, 2026 on Island Records; recorded in Nashville with Shawn Everett, Jonathan Rado, David Rawlings, and Charlie McCoy.

Thrashin'

Thrashin' is a 1986 American skateboard drama directed by David Winters, starring Josh Brolin, Robert Rusler, and Pamela Gidley, about rival L.A. skate gangs and the dangerous L.A. Massacre downhill race.

Thrawn trilogy

The Thrawn Trilogy is Timothy Zahn's three-novel Star Wars Legends series, Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising, and The Last Command (Bantam Spectra, 1991-1993), set in 9 ABY, which introduced Grand Admiral Thrawn and Mara Jade and jump-started the expanded universe.

Threading (epilation)

Threading (epilation), also called Bande Abru or Khite, is an ancient Indian and Middle Eastern hair removal method using twisted cotton thread to pluck facial hair from the follicle, prized for eyebrow shaping, precision over waxing, and low irritation.

Threads (1984 film)

Threads (1984) is a BBC docudrama directed by Mick Jackson and written by Barry Hines, depicting a nuclear attack on Sheffield and 13 years of aftermath; first broadcast 23 September 1984, about seven million viewers, four BAFTAs, distinct from The Day After.

Threads (Sheryl Crow album)

Threads is Sheryl Crow's eleventh studio album, released August 30, 2019 via The Valory Music Co. A 17-track, 23-guest collaborative farewell album featuring Johnny Cash, Stevie Nicks, and Eric Clapton.

Threat Level Midnight

Threat Level Midnight, season 7 episode 17 of The Office, written by B.J. Novak, aired February 17, 2011, showing Michael Scott's long-gestating spy film starring the Dunder Mifflin staff.

Three 6 Mafia

Led by DJ Paul and Juicy J, Three 6 Mafia is a Memphis hip hop group known for its dark horrorcore sound, which helped shape crunk and trap music.

Three Amigos

¡Three Amigos! is a 1986 American comedy-western directed by John Landis, in which silent-film cowboy stars Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, and Martin Short must fight a real bandit.

Three Bean Salad

Three Bean Salad is a British comedy podcast, published since 27 April 2021 and hosted by comedians Mike Wozniak, Henry Paker, and Benjamin Partridge, featuring weekly episodes on listener-suggested topics, a Patreon, and live shows.

Three Beauties of the Present Day

Three Beauties of the Present Day (Tōji san bijin) is a 1793 color woodblock print by Kitagawa Utamaro showing three famous beauties of Edo, among his best-known works.

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is Martin McDonagh's 2017 dark comedy-drama starring Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, and Sam Rockwell, about a mother renting three billboards to pressure police over her daughter's unsolved murder; it won four Golden Globes and a Best Actress Oscar.

Three Blind Mice

Three Blind Mice is a traditional English nursery rhyme and round first printed in Thomas Ravenscroft's Deuteromelia (1609); the farmer's-wife version was collected by James Orchard Halliwell in 1842, and the Bloody Mary bishop theory is a 1930 invention.

Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge

Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge is My Chemical Romance's second album, released June 8, 2004 on Reprise as their major-label debut. Produced by Howard Benson for $200,000, it sold over three million copies and spawned the singles "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)", "Helena", and "The Ghost of You".

Three Choirs Festival

The Three Choirs Festival is a choral and orchestral music festival that rotates among the cathedrals of Gloucester, Hereford, and Worcester, often described as the oldest functioning music festival in the world.

Three Coins in the Fountain

Three Coins in the Fountain is a 1954 20th Century-Fox romantic comedy-drama directed by Jean Negulesco, starring Clifton Webb, Dorothy McGuire, Jean Peters, Louis Jourdan and Maggie McNamara, about three American secretaries in Rome; it won Oscars for color cinematography and its title song.

Three Colors: White

Three Colors: White (Trois couleurs: Blanc, Trzy kolory: Biały) is Krzysztof Kieślowski's 1994 dark comedy, second of the Three Colors trilogy, about Polish hairdresser Karol Karol's divorce, return to Warsaw, and revenge, exploring equality; Silver Bear winner.

Three Colours trilogy

The Three Colours trilogy (French: Trois couleurs) is a set of three films, Blue (1993), White (1994), and Red (1994), by director Krzysztof Kieślowski and co-writer Krzysztof Piesiewicz.

Three Colours: Blue

Three Colours: Blue (Trois couleurs: Bleu), 1993 drama by Krzysztof Kieślowski, first of the Three Colours trilogy; Juliette Binoche as grieving widow Julie; Golden Lion and Best Actress at Venice 1993; cinematography by Sławomir Idziak, score by Zbigniew Preisner.