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How and why was silk invented?

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Silk has long been used in China to weave. A legend tells that a ruler's wife noticed silk worms eating her prized tree. She pulled one of the silk worms cocoons off a branch and droped it into a pot of boiling water. The silk unwove, and the wife suessessfully weaved it. That is how silk was invented.

"Why" is a obvesios question because silk is soooo wonderful and soft!

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