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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. Gillnetting - Wikipedia

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    Gillnetting is a fishing method that uses gillnets: vertical panels of netting that hang from a line with regularly spaced floaters that hold the line on the surface of the water. The floats are sometimes called "corks" and the line with corks is generally referred to as a "cork line." The line along the bottom of the panels is generally weighted.

  4. 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.

  5. 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 ...

  6. Daughter Admits She Used to Throw Plates Away Rather Than ...

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    A college student has revealed a hilarious secret from her teenage years to her parents. The young woman, named Sam, shared a video on TikTok on Tuesday, Dec. 10, in which she and her parents took ...

  7. Message in a bottle - Wikipedia

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    Water pressure pressing on the cork or other closure was thought to keep a bottle better sealed; [7] some designs included a wooden stick to stop the cork from imploding. [13] Vessels of less scientific designs have survived for extended periods, including a baby food bottle [33] a ginger beer bottle, [34] and a 7-Up bottle. [35]

  8. Realtor group picks top 10 housing hot spots for 2025: Did ...

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    The end of the year means preparing for the one ahead and the National Association of Realtors is already predicting the hottest housing markets for 2025. The NAR released The Top 10 Housing Hot ...

  9. 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 ...