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.
APHELIONS
Noun
aphelions
plural of aphelion
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APHELION
A*phel"ion, n.; pl. Aphelia. Etym: [Gr. (Astron.)
Definition: That point of a planet's or comet's orbit which is most distant from the sun, the opposite point being the perihelion.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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