In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
HALDANE
Haldane, Richard Haldane, Richard Burdon Haldane, First Viscount Haldane of Cloan
(noun) Scottish statesman and brother of Elizabeth and John Haldane (1856-1928)
Haldane, Elizabeth Haldane, Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane
(noun) Scottish writer and sister of Richard Haldane and John Haldane (1862-1937)
Haldane, John Haldane, John Scott Haldane
(noun) Scottish physiologist and brother of Richard Haldane and Elizabeth Haldane; noted for research into industrial diseases (1860-1936)
Haldane, J. B. S. Haldane, John Burdon Sanderson Haldane
(noun) Scottish geneticist (son of John Haldane) who contributed to the development of population genetics; a popularizer of science and a Marxist (1892-1964)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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