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.
PENINSULAS
Noun
peninsulas
plural of peninsula
Source: Wiktionary
PENINSULA
Pen*in"su*la, n. Etym: [L. peninsula or paeninsula; paene almost + insula an island. See Isle.]
Definition: A portion of land nearly surrounded by water, and connected with a larger body by a neck, or isthmus.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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