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.
SYLVANITES
Noun
sylvanites
plural of sylvanite
Anagrams
• vanityless
Source: Wiktionary
SYLVANITE
Syl"van*ite, n. Etym: [So called from Transylvania, where it was first found.] (Min.)
Definition: A mineral, a telluride of gold and silver, of a steel-gray, silver-white, or brass-yellow color. It often occurs in implanted crystals resembling written characters, and hence is called graphic tellurium. [Written also silvanite.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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