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.
NUNATAKER
Noun
nunataker
plural of nunatak
Source: Wiktionary
NUNATAK
Nu"na*tak, n.; pl. -taks (#) (the pl. form Nunatakker is Swedish). [Eskimo nunættak.]
Definition: In Greenland, an insular hill or mountain surrounded by an ice sheet.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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