In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
POLYSPERMY
Pol"y*sper`my, n. (Biol.)
Definition: Fullness of sperm, or seed; the passage of more than one spermatozoön into the vitellus in the impregnation of the ovum.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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