In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
LEIDEN
Leiden, Leyden
(noun) a city in the western Netherlands; residence of the Pilgrim Fathers for 11 years before they sailed for America in 1620
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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INTUITIVELY
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
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