In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
Eijkman, Christiaan Eijkman
(noun) Dutch physician who discovered that beriberi is caused by a nutritional deficiency (1858-1930)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
28 April 2024
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.