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2. List of real-life superheroes - Wikipedia

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   Real-life superheroes Captain Prospect, Justice, and Sparks [ 91] are members of the Capital City Super Squad in Washington D.C. [ 92] [clarification needed] Central Florida News 13 did a story on Team Justice, a group of costumed superheroes giving Christmas gifts to the homeless. [ 93][ 94]

3. All persons fictitious disclaimer - Wikipedia

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   A title card from the film Affairs of Cappy Ricks (1937) showing an all persons fictitious disclaimer. An " all persons fictitious " disclaimer in a work of media states that the persons portrayed in it are not based on real people. This is done mostly on realistic films and television programs to reduce the possibility of legal action for ...

4. Experience machine - Wikipedia

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   The experience machine or pleasure machine is a thought experiment put forward by philosopher Robert Nozick in his 1974 book Anarchy, State, and Utopia. [ 1] It is an attempt to refute ethical hedonism by imagining a choice between everyday reality and an apparently preferable simulated reality . A primary thesis of hedonism is that "pleasure ...

5. Exponential decay - Wikipedia

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   For example, if the initial population of the assembly, N(0), is 1000, then the population at time , (), is 368. A very similar equation will be seen below, which arises when the base of the exponential is chosen to be 2, rather than e. In that case the scaling time is the "half-life".

6. Real life - Wikipedia

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   Real life. Real life is a phrase used originally in literature to distinguish between the real world and fictional, virtual or idealized worlds, and in acting to distinguish between actors and the characters they portray. It has become a popular term on the Internet to describe events, people, activities, and interactions occurring offline; or ...

7. Nouveau riche - Wikipedia

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   Nouveau riche. Nouveau riche ( French for 'new rich'; French: [nuvo ʁiʃ] ), new rich or new money (in contrast to old money; French: vieux riche [vjø ʁiʃ]) [ 1] is a social class of the rich whose wealth has been acquired within their own generation, rather than by familial inheritance. These people previously had belonged to a lower ...