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J.J. Collier, right, was unaware that his father John had collected milkweed pods as a youth for World War II. Ironically, J.J. designed vests with the milkweed-based insulation Minsolite.
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A woman in southwestern Nebraska is unlocking the potential of the seemingly common milkweed plant for its unprecedented silken, thermal and medicinal attributes.
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