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.
HERAKLES
Hercules, Heracles, Herakles, Alcides
(noun) (classical mythology) a hero noted for his strength; performed 12 immense labors to gain immortality
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SYCAMORE
(noun) Eurasian maple tree with pale grey bark that peels in flakes like that of a sycamore tree; leaves with five ovate lobes yellow in autumn
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