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.
FACULAE
FACULA
facula, solar facula
(noun) a large bright spot on the sun’s photosphere occurring most frequently in the vicinity of sunspots
facula
(noun) a bright spot on a planet
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
faculae
plural of facula
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Source: Wiktionary
Fac"u*læ, n. pl. Etym: [L., pl. of facula a little torch.] (Astron.)
Definition: Groups of small shining spots on the surface of the sun which are brighter than the other parts of the photosphere. They are generally seen in the neighborhood of the dark spots, and are supposed to be elevated portions of the photosphere. Newcomb.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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