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But we actually aren't using spider silk for any of that, even though we've been trying to for centuries.
In 1709, a Frenchman named Francois Xavier Bon painstakingly collected hundreds of spider egg sacs, boiled them, combed them like wool, spun them into thread,
and then used them to make stockings that attracted the attention at the royal court.
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