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.
ELECTROLYTES
Noun
electrolytes
plural of electrolyte
Source: Wiktionary
ELECTROLYTE
E*lec"tro*lyte, n. Etym: [Electro- + Gr. électrolyte.] (Physics & Chem.)
Definition: A compound decomposable, or subjected to decomposition, by an electric current.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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