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.
BAEDEKER
baedeker
(noun) any of a series of travel guidebooks published by the German firm founded by Karl Baedeker
Baedeker, Karl Baedeker
(noun) German publisher of a series of travel guidebooks (1801-1859)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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RAREFACTION
(noun) a decrease in the density of something; “a sound wave causes periodic rarefactions in its medium”
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