Two men led a team of 80 people, spent 5 years collecting 1.2 million golden orb spiders, milked them for their silk, and created the rarest textile on Earth: A golden silk cape.

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_silent_owl_ on October 15th, 2020 at 09:17 UTC »

All this work to look like an omelet

g0ldingboy on October 15th, 2020 at 09:24 UTC »

And made a ballbag dress

Edit: thanks for the silver award kind stranger

jshif on October 15th, 2020 at 09:38 UTC »

Probably dry clean, only. Nobody has time for that.