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.
MUDFISHES
Noun
mudfishes
plural of mudfish
Source: Wiktionary
MUDFISH
Mud"fish`, n. (Zoöl.) (a) The European loach. (b) The bowfin. (c) The South American lipedosiren, and the allied African species (Protopterus annectens). See Lipedosiren. (d) The mud minnow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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