How was silk discovered?Short answer
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Answer: According to an old Chinese legend the empress Si-lung-Chi was asked by the emperor Huang-ti to find out the cause of damages of mulberry trees growing in their garden. The empress found white worms eating up mulberry leaves. She also noticed that they were spinning shiny cocoons around them. Accidentally a cocoon dropped in her tea cup when she was watching the mulberry tree and the tangle of delicate threads separated from the cocoon and this way silk was discovered.
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