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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. 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 ...

  4. Fourways Farm - Wikipedia

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    Fourways Farm is a 1993 British science-themed children's stop-motion animated television series produced by Case Television and Dutch Education Television from the Netherlands, and aired on Channel 4 UK during Channel 4 Schools between 1993 and 1996 and regularly repeated until 2007.

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

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    Estrada said the material can give an otherwise unassuming part of someone's home a "contemplative effect." "If you come near a cork wall, you will touch, smell and feel it.

  6. 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.

  7. Pool float - Wikipedia

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    Especially-large floats can be used as seats to float or sit on top of a pool for the user to stand on top in the manner of a raft. A variation known as the "pool noodle" is a long, thin cylinder, measuring 3–5 feet (90–150 cm) long and 3 inches (8 cm) in diameter, sometimes with a hollow core. It can be used to aid in floating or ...

  8. College Football Playoff: Bettors like Ohio State in the ...

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    Love has been dealing with a nagging knee issue that limited him in the Sugar Bowl, but coach Marcus Freeman said Love will play Thursday night. In the Cotton Bowl, bettors like Ohio State WR ...

  9. 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.