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.
CHONDRULES
Noun
chondrules
plural of chondrule
Source: Wiktionary
CHONDRULE
Chon"drule, n. Etym: [Dim. from Gr. (Min.)
Definition: A peculiar rounded granule of some mineral, usually enstatite or chrysolite, found imdedded more or less aboundantly in the mass of many meteoric stones, which are hence called chondrites.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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