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.
HORNSTONES
Noun
hornstones
plural of hornstone
Source: Wiktionary
HORNSTONE
Horn"stone`, n. (Min.)
Definition: A siliceous stone, a variety of quartz, closely resembling flint, but more brittle; -- called also chert.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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