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.
HANDOUT
handout
(noun) giving money or food or clothing to a needy person
handout, press release, release
(noun) an announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
handout (plural handouts)
A worksheet, leaflet, or pamphlet that is given out (usually by hand) for a certain use.
A gift to the poor or needy.
A gift, something obtained without effort.
Source: Wiktionary
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SENSE
(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”
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