In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PHONOPORE
Noun
phonopore (plural phonopores)
(historical, telecommunications) An invention allowing telephonic voice communications to be transmitted over existing Morse code telegraph infrastructure.
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