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TIL that when spiders ingest nanotubes, they weave silk reinforced with carbon. The spiders can make webs capable of holding humans.

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mxevR TIL of Alexander of Abonoteichus, a roman era cult leader who made people believe a sock-puppet was a snake-god. He was so influential even the emperor joined his cult, and the few sceptics who opposed him were christians, epicureans and writer Lucian of Samosata, who tried to expose him as a fraud
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