Golden Spider Silk Tapestry

(photo R. Mickens/AMNH)

This is completely nuts and awesome in only the way something utterly extravagant and over-the-top can be awesome. They "silked" a million spiders to make this. (Supposedly it doesn't hurt them.) The color is not a dye, but natural to the fiber. Go learn more at NPR's All Things Considered or at the American Museum of Natural History.