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.
MAMMALS
Noun
mammals
plural of mammal
Source: Wiktionary
MAMMAL
Mam"mal, n.; pl. Mammals. Etym: [L. mammalis belonging to the breast, fr. mamma the breast or pap: cf. F. mammal.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of the Mammalia. Age of mammals. See under Age, n., 8.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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