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  2. Manspreading - Wikipedia

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    "Manspreading" or "man-sitting" is a pejorative neologism referring to the practice of men sitting in public transport with legs wide apart, thereby covering more than one seat. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] A public debate began when an anti-manspreading campaign started on the social media website Tumblr in 2013; the term appeared a year later. [ 3 ]

  3. Bar bending - Wikipedia

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    Its popularity led bar bending to be continued for six more years until 1983. [8] One of the most notorious moments of strongman occurred during 1981 World's Strongest Man competition when Bill Kazmaier and Geoff Capes injured themselves [9] while attempting to bend the final iron bar of the event to declare the event winner. [10]

  4. Cold working - Wikipedia

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    In metallurgy, cold forming or cold working is any metalworking process in which metal is shaped below its recrystallization temperature, usually at the ambient temperature.. Such processes are contrasted with hot working techniques like hot rolling, forging, welding, etc. [1]: p.375 The same or similar terms are used in glassmaking for the equivalents; for example cut glass is made by "cold ...

  5. Walking down the street, you wouldn't give Chris Schoeck much thought -- but in an audience, you'd likely have a wholly different reaction. The 43-year-old, who suffers from social awkwardness and ...

  6. List of human positions - Wikipedia

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    Squatting is a posture where the weight of the body is on the feet (as with standing) but the knees and hips are bent. In contrast, sitting , involves taking the weight of the body, at least in part, on the buttocks against the ground or a horizontal object such as a chair seat .

  7. Photo of woman crossing her legs on a subway is baffling the ...

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    For some people it's hard enough to just sit comfortable with one leg over the other -- and men especially. After Imgur user SickOfFeelingNumb posted the photo , hundreds of people began commenting.

  8. Steam bending - Wikipedia

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    Steam bending is limited in the degree of bend it can achieve, particularly for thick wood. Also, not all species of wood steam-bend well. [2] It weakens the wood slightly and can leave residual stresses which may cause breakage, blowouts or spring-back over time. To properly bend a sheet or plank of wood, there are a few techniques that will help.

  9. Bending - Wikipedia

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    In the absence of a qualifier, the term bending is ambiguous because bending can occur locally in all objects. Therefore, to make the usage of the term more precise, engineers refer to a specific object such as; the bending of rods, [2] the bending of beams, [1] the bending of plates, [3] the bending of shells [2] and so on.