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The Great Wall's Sticky Secret

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Created December 26, 2025

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Did you know the Great Wall of China is held together by breakfast?

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It is true! During the Ming Dynasty, engineers created a super-mortar using sticky

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rice soup. They mixed slaked lime with glutinous rice. The secret is

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a unique carbohydrate called Amylopectin. This created a biochemical bond so strong that it

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is literally earthquake proof. It is water resistant and so tough that weeds

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cannot even grow through it. Even modern bulldozers struggle to break it!

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But it was not cheap. The government took rice from farmers. This unfortunately caused

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massive food shortages. Today, we still use this recipe to restore ancient monuments.

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