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.
MOLLUSKS
Noun
mollusks
plural of mollusk
Source: Wiktionary
MOLLUSK
Mol"lusk, n. Etym: [F. mollusque, L. mollusca a kind of soft nut with a thin shell, fr. molluscus soft, mollis soft. See Mollify.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of the Mollusca. [Written also mollusc.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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