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2. Diving weighting system - Wikipedia

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   Weight belts are the most common weighting system currently in use for recreational diving. [17] Weight belts are often made of tough nylon webbing, but other materials such as rubber can be used. Weight belts for scuba and breathhold diving are generally fitted with a quick release buckle to allow the dumping of weight rapidly in an emergency. [7]

3. Buoyancy compensator (diving) - Wikipedia

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   A buoyancy compensator (BC), also called a buoyancy control device (BCD), stabilizer, stabilisor, stab jacket, wing or adjustable buoyancy life jacket (ABLJ), depending on design, is a type of diving equipment which is worn by divers to establish neutral buoyancy underwater and positive buoyancy at the surface, when needed.

4. Sam Browne belt - Wikipedia

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   A Sam Browne belt as worn by Canadian officers during the First World War. The Sam Browne belt is a leather belt with a supporting strap that passes over the right shoulder, worn by military and police officers. It is named after Sir Samuel J. Browne (1824–1901), the British Indian Army general who invented it.

5. Wetsuit - Wikipedia

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   A wetsuit is a garment worn to provide thermal protection while wet. [1] It is usually made of foamed neoprene, and is worn by surfers, divers, windsurfers, canoeists, and others engaged in water sports and other activities in or on the water.

6. Shorts - Wikipedia

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   Nylon is a popular fabric for running shorts as it is lightweight, quick-drying and hard-wearing. [58] Nylon running shorts first appeared in the 1970s, and despite initial resistance among men to wearing such soft, lightweight garments that felt like lingerie, nylon shorts rapidly became popular. [40]

7. D. B. Cooper - Wikipedia

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   Two men used counterfeit $20 bills printed with Cooper serial numbers to swindle $30,000 from a Newsweek reporter named Karl Fleming in exchange for an interview with a man they falsely claimed was the hijacker. [77] [78]