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.
NITROMETHANE
Etymology
Noun
nitromethane (countable and uncountable, plural nitromethanes)
a colourless oily liquid used in organic synthesis, and as a fuel for rockets, racing cars and model aircraft
(chemistry) the simplest nitroparaffin, CH3NO2
Source: Wiktionary
Ni`tro*meth"ane, n. Etym: [Nitro- + methane.] (Chem.)
Definition: A nitro derivative of methane obtained as a mobile liquid; -- called also nitrocarbol.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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