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  "textContent": "The public's desire for a handbag made of leather created in a lab using cells from a T. Rex was vastly overestimated by the auction house tasked with its sale.\n\nThe bag — a blue-black clutch — differs substantially from the image in the promotional photos released when the project was first announced. — Read the rest \n\nThe post T-Rex leather handbag failed to sell at auction for $500k appeared first on Boing Boing.",
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