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.
OCTAGONS
Noun
octagons
plural of octagon
Source: Wiktionary
OCTAGON
Oc"ta*gon, n. Etym: [Gr. cctogone.]
1. (Geom.)
Definition: A plane figure of eight sides and eight angles.
2. Any structure (as a fortification) or place with eight sides or angles. Regular octagon, one in which the sides are all equal, and the angles also are all equal.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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