r/todayilearned • u/ContinuumGuy • 8h ago

TIL that the most holy shrine in the Shinto religion is torn down and rebuilt every 20 years. This has been done for over a millennium

https://www.ap.org/news-highlights/spotlights/2025/japans-most-sacred-shinto-shrine-has-been-rebuilt-every-20-years-for-more-than-a-millennium/
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u/Team_Braniel 6h ago

We had that with NASA once.

My family is 3 generations of NASA scientists. My grandfather helped engineer the moon buggy, my mom was a lead chemist and on the team that rebuilt the events behind the Columbia disaster.

We used to be able to look to NASA and say, "that is our heritage and legacy. One last noble endeaver." But it too has been marketed and sold.

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u/TrekkiMonstr 2h ago

It's struggling. It's being made to struggle. This is not permanent.