In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
KOTWAL
Etymology
Noun
kotwal (plural kotwals)
(historical) The leader of a kot or fort in medieval India.
The local police chief or magistrate of an Indian town or city.
Source: Wiktionary
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DERMATOGLYPHICS
(noun) the study of the whorls and loops and arches in the fingertips and on the palms of the hand and the soles of the feet; “some criminologists specialize in dermatoglyphics”
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