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This seems to have been the case in India, where inlanders used herbs to help their mortar withstand moisture, and where the coastal dwellers routinely added unrefined sugar to protect buildings against the corrosive effects of sea salt.—Tim Brinkhof, Discover Magazine, 15 Nov. 2023
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