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.
mangel (plural mangels)
The sugar beet, which can be refined to equal cane sugar in all manners save for botanical origin.
A mangelwurzel, a plant of the beet family raised as cattle feed.
• Gelman, Mangle, leg man, legman, lemang, mangle
Source: Wiktionary
15 April 2025
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
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.