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.
TACHYLYTE
Etymology
Noun
tachylyte (countable and uncountable, plural tachylytes)
(geology) A black, vitreous basalt of volcanic origin.
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• tachytely
Source: Wiktionary
Tach"y*lyte, n. Etym: [Gr. (Min.)
Definition: A vitreous form of basalt; -- so called because decompposable by acids and readily fusible.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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