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.
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RESUPINATION
Re*su`pi*na"tion, n.
Definition: The state of luing on the back; the state of being resupinate, or reversed. Our Vitruvius calleth this affection in the eye a resupination of the figure. Sir H. Wotton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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