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2. 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 ...

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. Bottle opener - Wikipedia

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   A simple opener is a piece of metal with a rectangular or rounded opening in one end and a solid handle large enough to be gripped between the thumb and forefingers on the other. The opening contains a lip that is placed under the edge of the bottle top, pulling it off when upward force is applied to the handle end of the opener.

5. Wine accessory - Wikipedia

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   A wine stopper is an essential wine accessory to close leftover wine bottles before refrigerating them. Wine stoppers are used because it is hard to put the original cork back into the bottleneck. Wine stoppers vary in shapes, sizes, and materials. The three typical types are the cork wine stopper, rubber wine stopper, and plastic wine stopper.

6. Armstrong World Industries - Wikipedia

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   Former Armstrong Cork Company building in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (built circa 1901) In 1860, Thomas M. Armstrong, the son of Scottish-Irish immigrants from Derry, joined with John D. Glass to open a one-room shop in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, carving bottle stoppers from cork by hand. Their first deliveries were made in a wheelbarrow.

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8. Bottle cap - Wikipedia

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   The crown cork was patented by William Painter on February 2, 1892 (U.S. Patent 468,258). It had 24 teeth and a cork seal with a paper backing to prevent contact between the contents and the metal cap. The current version has 21 teeth. To open these bottles, a bottle opener is generally used.

9. 7 blood pressure mistakes that could be throwing off your ...

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   Several key mistakes could throw off the accuracy of blood pressure readings for people who take them at home. The average "normal" blood pressure is 120/80, according to the American Heart ...