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.
AZIDE
azide
(noun) a chemical compound containing the azido group combined with an element or radical
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Noun
azide (plural azides)
(organic chemistry) the univalent N3 radical or functional group or any ester containing this group
(inorganic chemistry) the N3- anion or any salt containing this anion (
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