Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
ALBEDOES
Noun
albedoes
plural of albedo
Source: Wiktionary
ALBEDO
Al*be"do, n. Etym: [L., fr. albus white.]
Definition: Whiteness. Specifically: (Astron.) The ratio which the light reflected from an unpolished surface bears to the total light falling upon that surface.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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