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.
TERRAMARE
Etymology
Noun
terramare (uncountable)
(prehistory) Bronze Age lake dwellings and settlements of the Po valley in northern Italy, characterized by the presence of ammoniacal earthy deposit (black marl) in mounds.
Proper noun
Terramare
Alternative letter-case form of terramare
Source: Wiktionary
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