Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
TACONITE
taconite
(noun) a variety of chert containing magnetite and hematite; mined as a low-grade iron ore
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
taconite (countable and uncountable, plural taconites)
A low-grade flint-like iron ore containing 20-30% iron.
Anagrams
• Neo-Attic, actinote, neo-Attic, tancoite
Source: Wiktionary
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