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.
IRTYSH
Irtish, Irtish River, Irtysh, Irtysh River
(noun) an Asian river that rises in the Altai Mountains in northern China and flows generally northwest to become a tributary of the Ob River
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(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
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