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  2. Wet Nellie - Wikipedia

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    The submarine does not maintain a dry interior, and thus is a "wet sub" that requires occupants to don scuba gear. [6]It was built by Perry Oceanographic, Inc., of Riviera Beach, Florida, United States, [7] specifically for the film, using a Lotus Esprit S1 bodyshell, for about $100,000 at the time. [8]

  3. Unusual eBay listings - Wikipedia

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    Bridgeville, California (population 25) was the first town to be sold on eBay in 2002, and has been up for sale three times since. [1] In January 2003, Thatch Cay, the last privately held and undeveloped U.S. Virgin Island, was listed for auction by Idealight International. The minimum bid was US$3 million and the sale closed January 16, 2003. [2]

  4. The Deep (1977 film) - Wikipedia

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    Other scenes were filmed at the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. [9] Robert Shaw was paid $650,000 plus a percentage of the profits; Bissett and Nolte were paid $200,000 each. [ 13 ] After Shaw suggested that the film would be more realistic if the filming took place underwater, the entire cast and crew were taught how to scuba dive and filmed ...

  5. Defense against swimmer incursions - Wikipedia

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    Maintaining underwater security against intrusion on or under the water has been complicated by the expansion of recreational scuba diving since the mid-1950s, making it unacceptable in most democracies to use potentially lethal methods against any suspicious underwater sighting or sonar echo in areas not officially closed to recreational divers.

  6. Timeline of diving technology - Wikipedia

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    Cousteau-type aqualungs went on sale in the USA. [citation needed] Ted Eldred in Melbourne, Australia started making for public sale the Porpoise (make of scuba gear). This was the world's first commercially available single-hose scuba unit and was the forerunner of most sport SCUBA equipment produced today. Only about 12,000 were made. [108]

  7. Captain in 2019 scuba boat fire ordered to pay about $32K to ...

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    A scuba dive boat captain was ordered Wednesday to pay about $32,000 in restitution to the families of three of the 34 people killed in a fire aboard the vessel in 2019. Wednesday’s restitution ...

  8. The booth from the final scene of The Sopranos is up for ...

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    The restaurant and ice cream shop was written into television history thanks to its starring role in the final scene of the final ... Carmela and AJ sat waiting for Meadow is up for sale on eBay.

  9. Vintage scuba - Wikipedia

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    Draeger twin hose two stage demand regulator. The most striking and well recognized example of vintage scuba gear is the twin-hose or double hose regulator, a popular style of regulator in the early years of scuba diving, since Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Emile Gagnan pioneered the first such design, the C45 Scaphandre Autonome, which was marketed in the USA (along with a tank and harness) as ...