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.
SWAINSONA
Swainsona, genus Swainsona
(noun) a genus of Australian herbs and subshrubs: darling peas
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