In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
PICKNEY
Proper noun
Pickney (plural Pickneys)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Pickney is the 21599th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1208 individuals. Pickney is most common among Black/African American (66.31%) and White (30.71%) individuals.
Etymology
Noun
pickney (plural pickneys)
(Caribbean, informal) A child.
Source: Wiktionary
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FISSILE
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
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