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.
MITCHELL
Mitchell, Arthur Mitchell
(noun) United States dancer who formed the first Black classical ballet company (born in 1934)
Mitchell, John Mitchell
(noun) United States labor leader; president of the United Mine Workers of America from 1898 to 1908 (1870-1919)
Mitchell, Margaret Mitchell, Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell
(noun) United States writer noted for her novel about the South during the American Civil War (1900-1949)
Mitchell, Maria Mitchell
(noun) United States astronomer who studied sunspots and nebulae (1818-1889)
Mitchell, William Mitchell, Billy Mitchell
(noun) United States aviator and general who was an early advocate of military air power (1879-1936)
Mitchell, R. J. Mitchell, Reginald Joseph Mitchell
(noun) English aeronautical engineer (1895-1937)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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