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.
DHARMSALA
Etymology
Noun
dharmsala (plural dharmsalas)
(historical, India) A charitable or religious house, especially a resthouse for travellers.
Source: Wiktionary
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EMBARRASSMENT
(noun) some event that causes someone to be embarrassed; “the outcome of the vote was an embarrassment for the liberals”
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