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Researchers examining spiders and scorpions at the Zoological Collections Laboratory of the Butantan Institute in São Paulo, Brazil, noticed something unusual on a spider only a few millimeters long.

From Science Daily • Jan. 28, 2026

Scrawled on its spine were the words "Collections of Photographs of Old Congress Party- K. L. Nursey."

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2025

Tejada said about 150 rescued items have been stored at the Statewide Museum Collections Center in Sacramento.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2025

Collections were especially weak in the Upper Midwest, reflecting a drop in crossings over the Canadian border, and were strongest in the richest states with the biggest shares of investment banking activity.

From Barron's • Oct. 17, 2025

His name and corporate title appeared on my display: Michael Wilson, IOI Credit and Collections Division, Employee # IOI-481231.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline