In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
RALSTONITE
Ral"ston*ite, n. Etym: [So named after J. G. Ralston of Norristown, Penn.] (Min.)
Definition: A fluoride of alumina and soda occurring with the Greenland cryolite in octahedral crystals.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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