In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
HAIRSPLITTINGS
Noun
hairsplittings
plural of hairsplitting
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• splitting hairs
Source: Wiktionary
HAIRSPLITTING
Hair"split`ting, a.
Definition: Making excessively nice or trivial distinctions in reasoning; subtle.
– n.
Definition: The act or practice of making trivial distinctions. The ancient hairsplitting technicalities of special pleading. Charles Sumner.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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