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Imagine finding out moments before your first parachute jump that your parachute is actually made from cabbage.
Clearly not nylon.
Wouldn't silk be Animal though? Are worm by-products vegetables? Were plant fiber parachutes a thing?
“Early parachutes were made of silk. The most common fabric today is nylon.”