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.
CORKBOARD
corkboard
(noun) a heat-insulating building material consisting of cork granules that are made into sheets by compressing and baking
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Noun
corkboard (plural corkboards)
Alternative spelling of cork-board
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