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.
TELSONS
Noun
telsons
plural of telson
Anagrams
• Elstons, Letsons, net loss
Source: Wiktionary
TELSON
Tel"son, n.; pl. Telsons. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The terminal joint or movable piece at the end of the abdomen of Crustacea and other articulates. See Thoracostraca.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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