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.
ORTHODROMICS
Noun
orthodromics (uncountable)
orthodromic navigation
Source: Wiktionary
Or`tho*drom"ics, n.
Definition: The art of sailing in a direct course, or on the arc of a great circle, which is the shortest distance between any two points on the surface of the globe; great-circle sailing; orthodromy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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