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.
RHABDOMS
Noun
rhabdoms
plural of rhabdom
Source: Wiktionary
RHABDOM
Rhab"dom, n. Etym: [Gr. "ra`bdos a rod.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of numerous minute rodlike structures formed of two or more cells situated behind the retinulæ in the compound eyes of insects, etc. See Illust. under Ommatidium.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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