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.
KINCHINJUNGA
Kanchenjunga, Mount Kanchenjunga, Kanchanjanga, Kinchinjunga
(noun) a mountain the Himalayas on the border between Nepal and Tibet (28,208 feet high)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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SUNGLASSES
(noun) (plural) spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun; “he was wearing a pair of mirrored shades”
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