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.
POTOO
Noun
potoo (plural potoos)
(birds) Any species of the genus Nyctibius related to the nightjars (same order Caprimulgiformes), and found from southern Mexico to southern Brazil.
Source: Wiktionary
Po*too", n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A large South American goatsucker (Nyctibius grandis).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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