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.
MIDNIGHTS
Noun
midnights
plural of midnight
Anagrams
• mindsight
Source: Wiktionary
MIDNIGHT
Mid"night`, n. Etym: [AS. midniht.]
Definition: The middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night. The iron tongue of midnight hath told twelve. Shak.
Mid"night`, a.
Definition: Being in, or characteristic of, the middle of the night; as, midnight studies; midnight gloom. "Midnight shout and revelry." Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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