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  2. Fred Kaps - Wikipedia

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    This one floats on air. With that, the cork floats outside the box with absolutely no visible means of support. A small four-inch diameter metal ring is then passed over the cork every which-way. The cork stays floating. The audience is so close they cannot see anything holding the cork afloat. At the conclusion Kaps would grab the cork and ...

  3. The secrets of cork: So much more than a bottle stopper - AOL

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    Lisbon, Portugal — The sound of a cork popping out of the end of a bottle is known across the world.It often precedes moments of celebration, a shared meal or simply the quiet enjoyment of a ...

  4. Cork (material) - Wikipedia

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    Harvesting of cork from the forests of Algeria, 1930. Cork is a natural material used by humans for over 5,000 years. It is a material whose applications have been known since antiquity, especially in floating devices and as stopper for beverages, mainly wine, whose market, from the early twentieth century, had a massive expansion, particularly due to the development of several cork-based ...

  5. Why wine bottles are sealed with cork -- and why that ... - AOL

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    While many bulk wines use screw caps -- which is likely where the stigma originated -- a screw cap is by no means and indicator of the quality of your wine.

  6. Why wine bottles are sealed with cork -- and why that ... - AOL

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  7. Bluebelle (ship) - Wikipedia

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    Recollecting the small oblong cork float lashed to the deck, Terry Jo untied this float as the boat deck began to sink beneath the ocean. She then threw the float "over the side" of the deck before swimming toward the life raft, pushing the float further into the open water before climbing onto the float.

  8. Knotty - Wikipedia

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    Knotty is a Scottish team sport played with sticks and a cork fishing float. [1] It is a variation of the game of shinty as played in the fishing communities of Lybster , Caithness . It used to be played widely in the town, as was shinty in the rest of Caithness, but it ceased to be played around the end of the 19th century, until 1993 when it ...

  9. Man Who Stabbed His Father 50 Times Reportedly Tells ... - AOL

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    A Missouri man has been arrested after handing himself in over the murder of his 75-year-old father, according to police. Jeffrey Goedde, 41, arrived at the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office in ...