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.
SMUR
Etymology
Noun
smur (countable and uncountable, plural smurs)
(dialectal, chiefly, Scotland) drizzle, light rain
Verb
smur (third-person singular simple present smurs, present participle smurring, simple past and past participle smurred)
(dialectal, chiefly, Scotland, intransitive) to drizzle, to rain lightly
Anagrams
• RMUs, URMs, rums
Source: Wiktionary
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