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.
TIKI
Proper noun
Tiki
(mythology) The first human, in Polynesian mythology.
Etymology
Noun
tiki (plural tikis)
Carved talisman in humanoid form, common to the cultures of the Pacific Ocean.
Source: Wiktionary
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