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.
CUBOIDS
Noun
cuboids
plural of cuboid
Source: Wiktionary
CUBOID
Cu"boid (k"boid), a. Etym: [Cube + -oid: cf. Gr. (Anat.)
Definition: Cube-shaped, or nearly so; as, the cuboid bone of the foot.
– n. (Anat.)
Definition: The bone of the tarsus, which, in man and most mammals, supports the metatarsals of the fourth and fifth toes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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