In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
AGNOIOLOGY
Etymology
From Greek: ἀγνωστ, agnost, "not known"; and λόγος, logos, "knowledge."
Noun
agnoiology (uncountable)
The study of things of which cannot be known.
Source: Wiktionary
Ag`noi*ol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy.] (Metaph.)
Definition: The doctrine concerning those things of which we are necessarily ignorant.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HABIT
(noun) (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; “owls have nocturnal habits”; “she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair”; “long use had hardened him to it”
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