Thing

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Thing may refer to:

In philosophy:

• An object (philosophy), being, or entity
• Thing-in-itself (or noumenon), the reality that underlies perceptions, a term coined by Immanuel Kant

In history:

• Thing (assembly), also transliterated as ting or þing, a historical Germanic governing assembly
• Thing (listening device), a Soviet bug used during the Cold War for eavesdropping on the ambassador to the Soviet Union

In fiction:

• Thing (comics), a superhero in the Marvel Universe and member of the Fantastic Four
• The Thing!, a 1950s comic book series from Charlton Comics
• The Thing from Another World, also referred to as The Thing, 1951 science fiction film
• The Thing (film), a 1982 remake, directed by John Carpenter, of the 1951 film
• The Thing (video game), a 2002 game loosely based around the events of the 1982 film
• Thing (The Addams Family), a fictional character in The Addams Family
• The Things, recurring characters in the British comic Viz
• Things: A Story of the Sixties, is a novel by Georges Perec

In music:

• "The Thing" (song), a 1950 song, recorded by Phil Harris and others
• "Things" (1962 song), a 1962 song by Bobby Darrin
• "Things" (1979 song), a 1979 song by Split Enz
• The Thing (jazz band), a jazz band from Norway and Sweden

Thing can also refer to:

• Volkswagen 181, an automobile sold in the 1970s
• The Thing?, an attraction in Arizona
• T.H.I.N.G.S., Totally Hilarious Incredibly Neat Games of Skill, a line of toys marketed by the Milton Bradley Company
• In Web Ontology Language, the superclass of all classes
• Things (application), a personal task management software for Mac OS X

[edit] See also

• Thang

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