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.
AZOTE
azote
(noun) an obsolete name for nitrogen
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
azote (uncountable)
(obsolete) Nitrogen.
Source: Wiktionary
Az"ote, n. Etym: [F. azote, fr. Gr.
Definition: Same as Nitrogen. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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