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  2. Fishing net - Wikipedia

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    Fishing nets have been used widely in the past, including by stone age societies. The oldest known fishing net is the net of Antrea, found with other fishing equipment in the Karelian town of Antrea, Finland, in 1913. The net was made from willow, and dates back to 8300 BC. [1] Recently, fishing net sinkers from 27,000 BC were discovered in ...

  3. History of fishing - Wikipedia

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    Fishing is an ancient practice that dates back at least to the Upper Paleolithic period which began about 40,000 years ago. [4][5] Isotopic analysis of the skeletal remains of Tianyuan man, a 40,000-year-old modern human from eastern Asia, has shown that he regularly consumed freshwater fish. [6][7] Archaeological features such as shell middens ...

  4. Ring binder - Wikipedia

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    The most common type in Canada and the United States is a three-ring system for letter size pages (8 + 1 ⁄ 2 by 11 inches or 220 mm × 280 mm), whose size is similar to ISO 216-based A4 size. A standard 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 by 11 inches (220 mm × 280 mm) sheet of paper has three holes with spacing of 4 + 1 ⁄ 4 inches (110 mm).

  5. 3-ring release system - Wikipedia

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    The 3-ring release system is a parachute component that is widely used by sport skydivers and military freefall parachutists to attach the two risers of a main parachute to the harness that bears the load under the parachute. Invented in its original large ring form by Bill Booth, [1] and subsequently scaled down for thinner Type 17 webbing ...

  6. Biblical and Talmudic units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    The kezayit is, by different sources, considered equal to 1 ⁄ 2 a beitza, 13 of a beitza, or not directly related to the other units of volume. The omer , which the Torah mentions as being equal to one-tenth of an ephah , [ 30 ] is equivalent to the capacity of 43.2 eggs, or what is also known as one-tenth of three seahs . [ 31 ]

  7. Sanitation in ancient Rome - Wikipedia

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    Sanitation in ancient Rome, acquired from the Etruscans, was very advanced compared to other ancient cities and provided water supply and sanitation services to residents of Rome. Although there were many sewers, public latrines, baths and other sanitation infrastructure, disease was still rampant. The baths are known to symbolise the "great ...

  8. The Ring (franchise) - Wikipedia

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    Ring (Japanese: リング, romanized: Ringu), also known as The Ring, is a media franchise, based on the novel series of the same name written by Koji Suzuki.The franchise includes eight Japanese films, two television series, eight manga adaptations, three English-language American film remakes, a Korean film remake, and two video games: The Ring: Terror's Realm and Ring: Infinity (both 2000).

  9. Valknut - Wikipedia

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    Valknut variations. On the left unicursal trefoil forms; on the right tricursal linked triangle forms. The valknut is a symbol consisting of three interlocked triangles. It appears on a variety of objects from the archaeological record of the ancient Germanic peoples. The term valknut is a modern development; it is not known what term or terms ...