In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SULFURATE
Etymology
Verb
sulfurate (third-person singular simple present sulfurates, present participle sulfurating, simple past and past participle sulfurated)
(chemistry) to treat or to combine something with sulfur
(wine) to treat with sulfur compound (usually a sulfite)
(rare, agriculture) to spray/dust with sulfur
Source: Wiktionary
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COMMUNICATIONS
(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”
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