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Friday 15 Aug 2008: Rice porridge mortar
One of the components of the mortar used to build the city walls of the ancient Chinese capital Xi'an is rice porridge, commonly eaten as breakfast in China. It is thought that this special ingredient, which improves the mortar's durability and strength, was also used in the construction of the Great Wall.

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