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.
DEATHBEDS
Noun
deathbeds
plural of deathbed
Source: Wiktionary
DEATHBED
Death"bed, n.
Definition: The bed in which a person dies; hence, the closing hours of life of one who dies by sickness or the like; the last sickness. That often-quoted passage from Lord Hervey in which the Queen's deathbed is described. Thackeray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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