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.
PONDAGE
Etymology
Noun
pondage (plural pondages)
The small water storage behind the weir of a run-of-the-river hydroelectric power plant.
The water in a reservoir.
Source: Wiktionary
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29 March 2025
THOUGHTLESS
(adjective) without care or thought for others; “the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; ‘Let them eat cake’”
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