Snails' teeth beats spider silk as nature's strongest material (2015)

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A 2017 correction noted the article conflates compressive and tensile strength. Most commenters mocked the use of "3,300 one-pound bags of sugar" as a unit, sparking jokes about football fields, Boeing 777s, and hogsheads. Some debated meaningful comparisons, the distinction between strength and hardness, and shared links to snail tooth images.