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.
RONTGEN
Roentgen, Wilhelm Konrad Roentgen, Rontgen, Wilhelm Konrad Rontgen
(noun) German physicist who discovered x-rays and developed roentgenography (1845-1923)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Rönt"gen, a.
Definition: Of or pertaining to the German physicist Wilhelm Konrad Röntgen, or the rays discovered by him; as, Röntgen apparatus.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BRIGHT
(adjective) made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow; “bright silver candlesticks”; “a burnished brass knocker”; “she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves”; “rows of shining glasses”; “shiny black patents”
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