Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
REARMOUSE
Noun
rearmouse (plural rearmice)
Alternative form of reremouse
Source: Wiktionary
Rear"mouse`, Rere"mouse`, n. Etym: [AS. hreremus; probably fr. hreran to agitate, stir (akin to G. rühren, Icel. hræra) + mus mouse.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: The leather-winged bat (Vespertilio murinus). [Written also reermouse.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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