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  Mais um texto, desta vez  sugestão de  Ana Clara Campos,  11º F,   subcategoria "The World Around Us".

                                                                 The Great Wall of Rice

One of China's greatest icons, the Great Wall, has historical, architectural and tourist importance. It is more than 20,000 km long with an average height of 7 meters and a width of 5 meters. The Wall is one of the main tourist attractions in the country, receiving around 50 million visitors.

An interesting fact about the Great Wall was recently discovered. When studying the composition of the mass used in construction, researchers from the University of Zhejiang, in China, noticed something unusual mixed with lime and water: sticky rice. This would be the first composite mortar, which includes organic and inorganic material and was used to fix bricks in construction.

Now, do you understand why you heard “eat all the rice to make yourself strong” when you were a child?

 

I chose this curiosity because I didn't know about it and I found it interesting enough to share with others too.

                                                                                              Ana Campos, 11º F / cortesia do envio de Constância Silva, docente de Inglês e colaboradora do CRESCER