In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ODOGRAPH
Noun
odograph (plural odographs)
odometer
Source: Wiktionary
O"do*graph, n. [Gr. way + -graph.]
1. A machine for registering the distance traversed by a vehicle or pedestrain.
2. A device for recording the length and rapidity of stride and the number of steps taken by a walker.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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