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.
FULANI
Fula, Ful, Fulani, Peul
(noun) a family of languages of the Fulani of West Africa and used as a lingua franca in the sub-Saharan regions from Senegal to Chad; the best known of the West African languages
Fulani, Fula, Fulah, Fellata, Fulbe
(noun) a member of a pastoral and nomadic people of western Africa; they are traditionally cattle herders of Muslim faith
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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UNEXPLOITED
(adjective) not developed, improved, exploited or used; “vast unexploited (or undeveloped) natural resources”; “taxes on undeveloped lots are low”
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