The 1,500 Year old Recipe to Strong Chinese Buildings: Sticky Rice

Ever wonder how some Chinese buildings have managed to last hundreds of years through earthquakes and the onslaught of time?   Saw the answer in this Slashdot article:  sticky rice!  As detailed here, sticky rice is not only tasty, but when added to mortar, a starchy compound called amylopectin in the sticky rice gives the mortar superior strength and mechanical properties.