what this one of a kind cloth is made of!

This rare cloth, on display at the American Museum of Natural History in New Your City,  is made from the silk of more than a million wild spiders.

According to Wired Science, “To produce this unique golden cloth, 70 people spent four years collecting golden orb spiders from telephone poles in Madagascar, while another dozen workers carefully extracted about 80 feet of silk filament from each of the arachnids. The resulting 11-foot by 4-foot textile is the only large piece of cloth made from natural spider silk existing in the world today.” Want to know more?   Click here.

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Aliens In The Attic

Kate says – 2 1/2 stars This movie is not as bad as the previews make it look.  It’s a pleasant way to spend a few hours with your kids and not be worried about inappropriate language or scenes.  I took two 9 year old boys who laughed and giggled the whole way through the entire movie and quoted lines on the drive home.  Since this movie is obviously intended for kids as the audience, I would say that’s a sign of success. For me the highlight of the movie is the physical comedy of Robert Hoffman and Doris Roberts, who get struck by an alien darts and are then controlled by  video game controllers.

Enjoy your Coffee Break!