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.
MAURITANIE
Mauritania, Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Mauritanie, Muritaniya
(noun) a country in northwestern Africa with a provisional military government; achieved independence from France in 1960; largely western Sahara Desert
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(adjective) worth having or seeking or achieving; “a desirable job”; “computer with many desirable features”; “a desirable outcome”
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