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Today I learned (todayilearned@noc.social)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Jan-2026 01:19:48 JST Today I learned

TIL that some spiderlings can “balloon” hundreds of kilometres through the air by releasing silk threads, even reaching 5 km altitude, surviving for weeks in jet streams.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballooning_(spider)
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  TIL that some spiderlings can “balloon” hundreds of kilometres through the air by releasing silk threads, even reaching 5 km altitude, surviving for weeks in jet streams.

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