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e0xLJ TIL One of the reasons the Great Wall of China still stands after so many years, is due to a secret binding agent in the mortar: sticky rice.
RZw1 TIL Only one complete Viking helmet that has ever been discovered: the Gjermundbu helmet. It does not have wings or horns.
dwLd TIL that thanks to Tsunami, existence of 6 temples dated 7th century AD in Mahabalipuram, India was discovered in 2005