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Is spider web really stronger than steel?

What to study

Curiosity Gap

  • 'Really' treats stronger than steel as something everyone repeats, and promises to check it.
  • Fingers pull a clump of silk taut and it holds, which hints at strength without settling anything.
  • The red line under 'tested' puts the weight on doing, not talking.
How the packaging works
Title

Pairing a spider web, about the flimsiest thing you can touch, with steel makes the claim sound too good to be true.

Thumbnail

The orange spider at the top right shows this is real silk from a living spider, and gives the eye a second stop after the fingers.

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The transferable lesson

Question a fact everyone repeats with one doubting word, so believers and skeptics both want the verdict.

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