In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
GRUIFORMES
Gruiformes, order Gruiformes
(noun) inland marsh-dwelling birds with long legs and necks and bills that wade in water in search of food: cranes; rails; bustards
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COMMUNICATIONS
(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”
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