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.
PATHAN
Pathan, Pashtun
(noun) an ethnic minority speaking Pashto and living in northwestern Pakistan and southeastern Afghanistan
Pathan, Pashtun, Pushtun, Pashtoon
(noun) a member of the mountain people living in the eastern regions of Afghanistan; “Pathans are the predominant ethnic group in Afghanistan”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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