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.
NAURU
Nauru, Nauru Island, Pleasant Island
(noun) a small island in the central Pacific Ocean 2,800 miles to the southwest of Hawaii; in Micronesia to the west of the Gilbert Islands
Nauru, Republic of Nauru
(noun) an island republic on Nauru Island; phosphate exports support the economy
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